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   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Simone N Vigod   ^{1, 3, 10, 11} , MD ;   Juveria Zaheer   ^{11, 12} , MD ;   Payal Agarwal   ^{3, 13} , MD ;   Geetha Mukerji   ^{1, 3, 11, 14} , MD

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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

³ Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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

⁵ Gevity Consulting Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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