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Telehealth is the "delivery of health care services, where patients and providers are separated by distance. Telehealth uses Information and communications technologies (ICTs) for the exchange of information for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of health professionals. (WHO)
Hume Telehealth Agency - Access to health care using digital technology - Contact: Phone: +61 (03) 5722 5832 | Email: telehealth@nhw.org.au | Green Street, Wangaratta, Victoria 3677
Remote care through telehealth
This Special Collection brings together Cochrane Reviews that address using telehealth to support clinical management of various conditions, including asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia, reproductive health, and skin cancer. It includes reviews of using telehealth to provide carer and parent support as well as empowering patient self-management of their long-term conditions.
Finding the Right Tools to Integrate and Expand Your Services Through Telehealth.
This website collates and indexes a wide range of resources that have been shared and recommended by members of Australia’s health community, in order to support their colleagues, professionals, and consumers to access and deliver telehealth services effectively. Available here.
Telehealth: Specialist video consultations under Medicare.
New guidance on the use of telehealth to deliver allied health services - This guidance will help health professionals understand how telehealth can be used to deliver allied health clinical services in public health settings, and the associated benefits. Developed with the Department of Health and Human Services, the new guidance includes considerations for best practice application, as well as practical examples of how telehealth can be used for allied health services. Download from here.
Additional TeleHealth Resources:
Webinar Recording 21 April - Providing virtual care in allied health: the possibilities and potential of telehealth during the pandemic and beyond. The arrival of COVID-19 has pushed the fast forward button on the rollout of telehealth in Australia. In this webinar, the panel will offer their perspectives on telehealth and discuss their personal experiences of providing virtual care in allied health and interprofessional settings.
Webinar Recording 9 April - How to prepare for and implement telehealth: critical success factors for clinicians. Hosted by Suzanne Robinson, professor of health systems and health economics at Curtin University and rural and remote Education and Research Director of digital health, this webinar follows on from the previous Telehealth webinar that was hosted on 24th March (below).
Webinar Recording 24 March - COVID-19 and digital technology: The roles, relevance and risks of using telehealth in a crisis - Digital Health. Aired Tuesday 24 March (6-7.30pm) Set against the backdrop of the current COVID-19 crisis, our webinar panellists will discuss the role telehealth can play in primary and secondary care. The panel will present practical strategies for healthcare professionals and outline the risks and rewards of telehealth for practitioners and patients alike.
Telehealth – Embracing technology in healthcare
This course is designed to facilitate learning and understanding about telehealth services so clinicians can begin to include it in their provision of healthcare and learn more about best practice in telehealth service delivery. Further information on the course content and registration can be located at Three Rivers Telehealth.
Three Rivers also have other excellent online courses:
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing use of telehealth to deliver physiotherapy services in Australia, the Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine (CHESM) at the University of Melbourne has fast-tracked the release of our PEAK (Physiotherapy Exercise and physical Activity for Knee osteoarthritis) program training modules. The program is available free-of-charge at this time to all users (e.g. physiotherapists, physiotherapy students, educators, researchers). More information and Registration
The Clinician Role in Health Care Delivery and Innovation : A Powerful Voice for Transforming Care - New eBook available to download
Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence by
Telemedicine and telehealth have consistently been shown to be effective for remote areas or limited-resource locations, regular medical and surgical practice, primary care, second opinion, extreme conditions, major crises, and disaster management. The aim of this book is to bring all aspects of telemedicine and e-health to the reader, in a simple, make-sense approach, in one tome.
Breastfeeding Telephone Triage and Advice by
Created by a leading breastfeeding and phone care practitioner, this newly revised problem-solver helps nurses, lactation professionals, and other medical staff confidently advise breastfeeding mothers. It is ideal for use with the acclaimed Pediatric Telephone Protocols. Key features include - Completely updated and revised - Enhanced from black-and-white to more than 50 illuminating color photos to help triage professionals zero in on caller problems - More information included on maternal depression, which a high risk for early cessation - New protocols on child care policies/suggestions, separate from returning to work and early weight loss at birth hospital, first week - Stresses the importance of support groups vs. the abundance of apps and blogs that perpetuate myths Important content updates include: - Swaddling and safe sleep added to co-sleeping protocol - More information on tongue tie - Update on idiopathic granular mastitis and breast pain - Caution in exclusive pumping protocol - New chart on donor human mild vs commercial fortifiers - New chart on making the office breastfeeding friendly - Early weight loss graphs and information added to the low milk supply protocol - Special circumstances added like placental encapsulation, tattoos, etc.
Chapters in ClinicalKey Books:
Gray Leonard C., 130 - Telemedicine Applications in Geriatrics, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (Eighth Edition), edited by Fillit Howard M. MD,Rockwood Kenneth MD FRCPC FRCP,Young John MBBS(Hons) FRCP, 2017, Pages 1082-1086.e1,
Reddy Sandeep, Chapter 16 - Digital health and the divide, Understanding the Australian Health Care System (Fourth Edition), edited by Willis Eileen PhD MEd BEd,Reynolds Louise PhD GradCertEd BHSc (PHC) FPA,Rudge Trudy RN PhD BA(Hons), 2020, Pages 263-275,
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‘Be Connected’ aims to support all Australians in the development of digital skills and offers both online learning resources as well as links to a network of community partners able to provide face to face assistance
The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) was formed in 2008, with a vision 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. ATHS recommends guidelines and standards of practice for telehealth services ensuring that Quality /Safety and optimal patient care are maintained.
(Onsite access only) Pulse+IT aims to assist GPs and Specialists to better understand the technology they confront in their practices. Pulse+IT now features an editorial platform and digital circulation that reflects the importance of holistic and comprehensive Health IT education and reporting.
Access to health care using digital technology
Contact:
Phone: +61 (03) 5722 5832
Email: telehealth@nhw.org.au
Green Street, Wangaratta, Victoria 3677
