Operationalizing and Evaluating Synchronous Virtual Group Health Interventions: Wide-Scale Implementation at a Tertiary Care Academic Hospital

Neesha Hussain-Shamsy ^{1, 2, 3} , MHS ; Ian McMillan ⁴ , MSc ; Sheridan Cook ⁵ , MSW ; Alyssa Furfaro-Argier ⁶ , MHI ; Andrea Sadler ⁷ , BSc ; Faith Delos-Reyes ⁸ , BPHE ; Lori Wasserman ⁹ , MD ; Sacha Bhatia ^{1, 3, 10} , MD ; Danielle Martin ^{1, 3, 11} , MD ; Emily Seto ^{2, 3} , PhD ; Simone N Vigod ^{1, 3, 10, 11} , MD ; Juveria Zaheer ^{11, 12} , MD ; Payal Agarwal ^{1, 13} , MD ; Geetha Mukerji ^{1, 3, 11, 14} , MD

¹ Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

² Centre for Global eHealth Innovation , Techna Institute , University Health Network , Toronto , ON , CA

³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , CA

⁴ Women's Virtual , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

⁵ Gevity Consulting Inc , Toronto , ON , CA

⁶ Department of Information Management and Technology , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

⁷ Department of Psychiatry , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

⁸ Department of Cardiology , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

⁹ Reproductive Life Stages Program , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

¹⁰ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Toronto , ON , CA

¹¹ Temerty Faculty of Medicine , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , CA

¹² Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Toronto , ON , CA

¹³ Family Practice Health Centre , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

¹⁴ Department of Medicine , Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , CA

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