Both offer online healthcare in Canada, but they serve different purposes. Here's how MedLetter compares to Maple for sick notes in Alberta.
Choose in-person care when symptoms need examination, treatment, a prescription, or urgent assessment. For a short-term documentation request within service scope, MedLetter offers online intake for independent physician review. Documentation is not automatic, and an employer, school, insurer, or other recipient applies its own policy and decision process.
Advantages of MedLetter: Online intake for straightforward, short-term illness documentation requests. Independent physician review, with phone or video follow-up if needed. Email documentation only when clinically appropriate. Clear $49 standard request fee shown before checkout. Alberta work-absence, weekend, city, and student resources linked from each comparison.
New sick-note requests are temporarily paused while we review our service. We are not accepting new orders at this time.