Recognition Helps Us Recognize We Can Do More

  Our Chief-of-Psychiatry, Dr. Raj Bhatla is deservedly recognized as a Clinical Champion of Telemedicine in Ontario. He's the most recent in a short line of people I've been inspired to work with in the Telemedicine path of my career.

 

And egad - next year I'll be quietly celebrating 20 years in Telemedicine development. During a brief conversation with a peer from the Ontario Telemedicine Network I realized a large portion of my vision in 1996 is a reality today. But as friends, regional partners and network colleagues gathered to celebrate, another highlight of the day was the revelation that there is still so much more we can accomplish.

The canvas of mental health care in 2002 seemed limited to eight colors. We can work with so much more today. A simple lunch hour with partners revealed potential to serve clients we may have overlooked over the past few years of rapid development.

And Telemedicine technology is now moving beyond what I saw in my crystal ball in 1996.

Our regional mental health care partners from across Eastern Ontario shed new light on patient treatment needs that remain untapped by our program today. Our team was energized emotionally with the prospect of exciting new Telemedicine development tasks for the summer and fall of 2015.

None of this may have happened if we had not paused to celebrate our accomplishments, even for two hours of a typical mid-week workday. For that we thank the team at Ontario Telemedicine Network. And again extend our gratitude and congratulations to our clinical champion, Dr. Bhatla.

It reminds us as leaders in this field that pausing to reflect and recognize often sheds light on new routes to travel.

As per our blog policy - the opinions and comments in this article represent those of the author and should not be considered representative of the ROHCG.