Telehealth
Significent Websites
The Digital Health CRC Telehealth Hub includes a range of resources that have been
shared and recommended by members of Australia’s health community.
Areas covered include:
- Governance and Legality,
- Things About Technology,
- For Clinicians and Providers,
- For Health Consumers,
- COVID-19 Resources
The University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health has released
some quick guides to telehealth for practitioners and patients.
The University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health provides extensive online resources to support telehealth in research, service delivery, education and training.
Key features:
- For health professionals, a quick start guide to video conferencing including tips on optimising video and audio quality and how to set up a video conferencing space
- Tips on purchasing peripherals like webcams, headsets and speakerphones for telehealth
- Information on three cloud-based video conferencing platforms: Coviu, Healthdirect Video Call and Zoom
- For patients, a guide which explains the basics including how to find telehealth services, and how to prepare for a video consultation
- There are also some interesting data analyses related to MBS billing rates in Australia.
The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) was formed in 2008 to fill a long-felt
need to create a forum for all of those involved in telehealth in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australasian Telehealth Society's vision is to 'Deliver a united ‘voice’ for telehealth advancement and covering a broad range of domains including the health sector, academic institutions, government and industry partners'.
Their website provides extensive resources to assist with implementation, ongoing use and evaluation of telehealth.
The Australasian Telehealth Society is the National Member for Australia and New Zealand of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH):
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) for setting professional medical standards for training, assessment, certification and continuing professional development in the specialty of general practice.
Telehealth is seen by The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine as an essential component of effective rural and remote practice. Their website has a dedicated section for Digital Health and within this are extensive Telehealth specific resources. They state that it can improve the quality of care and health outcomes by facilitating timely access to essential specialist services and advice.
The Australian Department of Home Affairs Translating and Interpreting Service
provides information about which people and providers it provides interpreting services via telehealth.
Access the home page and then enter telehealth, video conferencing and/ or healthdirect, and much information is provided related to the available platforms that can be used as well as which clinicians, consumers and geographical areas are included in their service.
Digital Health CRC Telehealth Hub
Digital Health CRC
The Digital Health CRC Telehealth Hub includes a range of resources that have been shared and recommended by members of Australia’s health community.
- The Digital Health CRC Telehealth Hub Includes a range of resources that have been shared and recommended by members of Australia’s health community
- Areas covered include:
- Governance and Legality,
- Things About Technology,
- For Clinicians and Providers,
- For Health Consumers,
- COVID-19 Resources
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health has released some quick guides to telehealth for practitioners and patients.
The University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health https://coh.centre.uq.edu.au/ provides extensive online resources to support telehealth in research, service delivery, education and training.
Key features:
- For health professionals, a quick start guide to video conferencing including tips on optimising video and audio quality and how to set up a video conferencing space
- Tips on purchasing peripherals like webcams, headsets and speakerphones for telehealth
- Information on three cloud-based video conferencing platforms: Coviu, Healthdirect Video Call and Zoom
- For patients, a guide which explains the basics including how to find telehealth services, and how to prepare for a video consultation
- There are also some interesting data analyses related to MBS billing rates in Australia.
Australasian Telehealth Society
The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) was formed in 2008 to fill a long-felt need to create a forum for all of those involved in telehealth in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australasian Telehealth Society's vision is to 'Deliver a united ‘voice’ for telehealth advancement and covering a broad range of domains including the health sector, academic institutions, government and industry partners'.
Their website provides extensive resources to assist with implementation, ongoing use and evaluation of telehealth.
The Australasian Telehealth Society is the National Member for Australia and New Zealand of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH):
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The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) was formed in 2008 to fill a long-felt need to create a forum for all of those involved in telehealth in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australasian Telehealth Society's vision is to 'Deliver a united ‘voice’ for telehealth advancement and covering a broad range of domains including the health sector, academic institutions, government and industry partners'.
Their website provides extensive resources to assist with implementation, ongoing use and evaluation of telehealth.
The Australasian Telehealth Society is the National Member for Australia and New Zealand of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH):
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The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) was formed in 2008 to fill a long-felt need to create a forum for all of those involved in telehealth in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australasian Telehealth Society's vision is to 'Deliver a united ‘voice’ for telehealth advancement and covering a broad range of domains including the health sector, academic institutions, government and industry partners'.
Their website provides extensive resources to assist with implementation, ongoing use and evaluation of telehealth.
The Australasian Telehealth Society is the National Member for Australia and New Zealand of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH):