Stories and Articles about Skin and Healthcare

Learn how you can navigate the waters of Canadian healthcare by reading stories and articles from our team, patients, and doctors! 

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Resources

Doctor prescribing medication via telemedicine

Telemedicine is a relatively new thing and this post is meant to help you understand a little better how prescriptions are written and issued during a virtual consultation. 

Graphic showing the different elements that make-up Digital Health

Due to the evolving nature of technology in healthcare, terms such as digital health and telemedicine are often used interchangeably when in fact they have different meanings.

Stylized image of a brain working as a computer

GetSkinHelp has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that can screen, with 88% accuracy, a selection of skin diseases, including four types of skin cancers

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This story is not meant to be an indictment against the Canadian Healthcare System.

Heavenly Choir

Call it Karma. Call it Divine Intervention. Call it what you will, but on December 15th Maria’s luck kicked into hyperdrive.

plan b

For months she let the system control her health, but now that she knew the stakes, she decided to take control of her health.

Patient Stories

Read stories about how our patients were able to get the right care.

One suspicious mole and a screening that saved her life

Belle Bowen is a melanoma advocate who recorded herself using GetSkinHelp, and it saved her life.

But soon, they will returns. And when they do the bittersweet reality of those moments of that reality need to be acknowledged:

Valeria’s journey with melanoma

Valeria is a mother of three and her journey with melanoma spanned the globe and is riddled with misdiagnoses, delays, and conflicts.

But soon, they will returns. And when they do the bittersweet reality of those moments of that reality need to be acknowledged: