Hub International will integrate virtual health platform EQ Care into its proprietary care management and navigation service.

With the partnership between Hub International and EQ Care, “Hub Care” members will join the EQ Care Community and will have 24/7 access to physicians, mental health specialists and other medical professionals in both English and French.

Hub’s network of over 475 offices across North America will help the advancement of telemedicine and wellness programs to plan sponsors and their employees, particularly amid a global pandemic, a release said.

“We are in the midst of a technology revolution that is disrupting and transforming healthcare around us every day. We see the EQ Care virtual healthcare platform as a significant value-add for our clients, and the service aligns with our innovation roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of our plan members and their dependents,” said Hub International national practice lead Mary Lou MacDonald.

“Hub International’s commitment to workplace wellness will pay dividends for both its vast network of clients and the Canadian public healthcare system,” said EQ Care CEO Daniel Martz. “Workplace virtual care deployed by experienced healthcare managers, providing access to a network of hundreds of doctors, specialists, mental health and paramedical professionals, can immediately relieve pressure on an overburdened public system, especially at this critical time.”

Martz added that he sees “great synergy between Hub International’s health and wellness strategy and EQ Care’s virtual healthcare platform,” and that his company is committed to helping Hub’s clients and their employees get faster and better access to care.