Montreal, May 10, 2021
Thanks to an agreement with TELUS Health, Entreprendre ici is pleased to offer telemedicine services to entrepreneurs who previously lacked access to them! Indeed, various criteria—such as the unavailability of group insurance for businesses with fewer than five employees or the fact that such services were often restricted to incorporated companies—had previously excluded many entrepreneurs.
It’s a settled matter now!
The telemedicine service offered by Entreprendre ici in collaboration with TELUS Health aims to provide member businesses—regardless of size or legal structure—with high-quality healthcare and an unparalleled virtual experience across Quebec, all at a more-than-affordable rate!
Through this service, entrepreneurs and their employees will be able to access—among other things—general medical advice, remote prescriptions, requests for lab tests and imaging, diagnoses, and, above all, mental health support at an extremely affordable rate. Services also extend to domestic partners and dependent children aged 25 or younger who share the same permanent address as the member.
"It is with great enthusiasm and joy that we are launching this new service in collaboration with TELUS Health to even better meet the needs of Quebec entrepreneurs. We know that the entrepreneurial journey is far from easy, and having access to such services at a lower cost will go a long way toward making that business path easier," says Amina Gerba, Chair of the Board of Directors of Entreprendre ici.
"This is excellent news for many entrepreneurs, especially after the year we have just experienced. Providing self-employed workers or very small businesses with access to telemedicine services at such low rates, for example, will be extremely beneficial for the continuity of their operations and their overall well-being. We are delighted with this collaboration with TELUS Health and hope to extend its benefits to as many people as possible," says Payam Eslami, Executive Director of Entreprendre ici.
About Entreprendre ici :
Entreprendre ici is an initiative of the Government of Quebec (Ministry of Economy and Innovation) established under the 2017–2022 Government Action Plan on Entrepreneurship. The organization’s mission is to provide tailored support to entrepreneurs from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds across all regions of Quebec to help bring their projects to fruition.
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To access the service, the entire entrepreneurial community—regardless of ethnocultural background—is invited to complete the membership application form via the "telemedicine" tab on the *Entreprendre ici* website.
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