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Effica is a virtual menopause clinic providing physician-led assessment and treatment for perimenopause and menopause.
Your symptoms are only part of the picture. We consider your health history, risk factors, and goals alongside what you’re experiencing, so you and your clinician can make informed decisions about your care, now and for the years ahead.
Referral-based assessment and treatment may be covered by your provincial health plan.
Referral-based Menopause Symptom Assessment and Treatment is covered by provincial health plans for eligible patients. Purchasing a Personalized Healthspan Consult, Membership or another non-insured service is not required and does not provide faster access to insured physician care. Patients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
A physician reviews what you’re experiencing and develops a treatment plan based on your symptoms, health history, and needs.
Adds a consult focused on health beyond menopause: things like bone health, cardiovascular risk, and other longer-term considerations, alongside your symptom care.
If you’re not sure which one applies to you, the LIGHT™ Check-in can help you figure that out.
Dr. Nese Yuksel is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and a recent past President of the Canadian Menopause Society.
Dr. Nan Schuurmans, MD, FRCSC, is an obstetrician-gynecologist with more than 40 years in women’s health and a past President of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Menopause can affect different parts of your health at the same time. The LIGHT™ Method helps your clinical team consider your symptoms, health history, medications, risks, and priorities together when assessing your care.
We start with what you’re experiencing, your concerns, and what you want help with.
Your symptoms are considered alongside your health history, risk factors, medications, and goals.
Your clinician reviews the full picture with you and discusses appropriate care options.
Treatment reflects clinical need, testing and prescriptions are based on what’s relevant to you, not a standard package.
Address what is affecting you today while supporting the health you want for the years ahead.
Yes. Menopause Symptom Assessment and Treatment by an Effica physician requires a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner. The Personalized Healthspan Consult does not require a referral.
Eligible physician services within referral-based menopause care are covered by provincial health plans for eligible patients in the provinces we serve. Non-insured services, such as the Personalized Healthspan Consult, Membership and individual expert consultations, are paid privately.
Investigations are ordered only when they are clinically indicated. Menopause is often diagnosed clinically, so testing is not automatic and is not part of a standard package.
MHT may be discussed and prescribed when it is appropriate for you. Your Effica physician reviews your symptoms, health history and risks, explains hormonal and non-hormonal options, and decides the right treatment with you.
It is an optional, non-insured 60-minute consultation focused on prevention, screening, risk review, lifestyle and the health you want for the years ahead, alongside your menopause care. Healthspan means the years you live in good health, not simply the number of years you live.
Effica works with referring providers, healthcare professionals, and organizations to connect patients with physician-led menopause care and longer-term health services.
