In the 1970s, House became pioneer of telehealth by offering telephone consultations with patients in remote areas of the province.[1]
He had helped to establish the medical school at Memorial University of Newfoundland and worked for thirty years there as a professor of neurology. He also held several administrative positions there and he retired in 1993.
In 1997, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In 1989, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2005.
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