that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message ontario telemedicine network telemedicine s leader industry telemedicine founded april 2006 headquarters toronto ontario canada number of employees 250 2014 website www.otn.ca the ontario telemedicine network otn is one of the largest telemedicine networks in the world . it uses two way videoconferencing to provide access to care for patients in every hospital and hundreds of other health care locations across the province . in addition to clinical care otn facilitates the delivery of distance education and meetings for health care professionals and patients . contents 1 otn members and network partners 2 otn utilization 3 references 4 external links otn members and network partners edit the network has nearly 600 members including all public hospitals family health teams clinics physician offices nursing stations medical and nursing schools professional organizations community care access centres lhin offices first nations communities long term care homes educational facilities and public health . 1 otn utilization edit the network consists of more than 1200 sites and 2200 endpoints and more than 3200 health care referrers and consultants use the network to provide care to patients . in fiscal 2010 11 more than 134 000 patients received care via otn a 30 % increase over the same period the previous year . 1 otn supports access to care across a wide variety of clinical therapeutic areas of care . the top five clinical categories supporting patient care are mental health and addictions ; internal medicine ; oncology ; surgery and rehabilitation services . 1 in addition to facilitating the delivery of patient care otn enables teaching and learning at a distance via videoconferencing and webcasting . more than 390 000 health care professionals participate in otn facilitated education each year . 2 in fiscal 2010 11 otn hosted 11 595 educational events and 13 146 administrative events . in fiscal 2010 11 otn hosted more than 1 500 webcasts a 67 % increase over the previous year . there was also a 19 % increase in viewership of archived webcasts over 2009 2010 for a total of 28 264 views . 1 use of telemedicine in the province resulted in an avoidance of 121 million kilometres of patient travel and an elimination of nearly 65 million kilograms of pollutants . 1 references edit a b c d e ontario telemedicine network 2012 13 annual report pdf . ontario telemedicine network . retrieved february 10 2015 . otn home page . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit ontario telemedicine network website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ontario telemedicine network & oldid 646516659 categories health care companies of canadatelecommunications companies of canada2006 establishments in ontariotelehealthhealth information technology companiesvideotelephonyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from february 2009all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing additional references from september 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 february 2015 at 16 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view