Health care systems around the world are evolving and virtual health care is an important means for achieving this transformation.   Dr. Williams will compare the health care systems between Canada and Australia and review the health care transformation currently occurring...

Nasa Walton1, D. Anderson1 B. Peloquin2, M. Angove2, R. Newell1. 1 West Moreton Hospital and Health Service 2 Philips Healthcare – Hospital to Home Division   Introduction – West Moreton’s Mobile Enhanced Care (MeCare) is a working clinical service that...

Christina McInally 1 1 Telehealth Coordinator, Rockhampton Hospital, North Rockhampton, QLD, Australia   Background The Orthopaedic Outpatient Telehealth Service in the Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CQHHS) provides specialist orthopaedic care to patients throughout Central Queensland and Central West areas. The Orthopaedic Outpatient Telehealth...

Dr Ewen McPhee 1 1 President, Rural Doctors Association of Australia Telehealth is seen as a solution to the delivery of care to rural and remote Australians. The implementation of a myriad of systems, processes and actions to deliver on a set of...

Anne Skordis General Manager, Scheme Transition, for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Outlining how the NDIS will meet the needs of people with disability in rural and remote areas, particularly how the NDIS will overcome the barriers and challenges...

Vasundhara Rani Sood1, Prof. Raj Gururajan2, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Baig3   1 USQ, Toowoomba, 4350, Qld, Vasundhara.Rani@usq.edu.au 2 USQ, Toowoomba, 4350, Qld, Raj. Gururajan@usq.edu.au 3 USQ, Toowoomba, 4350, Qld, Abdul.Hafeez-Baig@usq.edu.au   Background The introduction of telehealth has transformed the way...

Carolyn Bourke1, Shayne Stenhouse 2   1 Telehealth Service, Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service, Mt Lofty Nursing Home, Rifle Range Road, Toowoomba, 4350 carolyn.bourke@health.qld.gov.au 2 The Telehealth Service, Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service, Mt Lofty Nursing Home, Rifle...

Queen OkerekeA*, Nirjhar NandiA ADepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia Aim: To assess if telehealth can be useful in delivering high quality of care to inpatients in our peripheral hospitals while ensuring patient safety is not compromised   Objective:...

Samantha Donohoe1, Brioh Guffin2   1 Transition Care Program, Baillie Henderson Hospital, Browne House, Level 1 PO BOX  Toowoomba, QLD, 4610, samantha.donohoe@health.qld.gov.au 2 Transition Care Program, Baillie Henderson Hospital, Browne House, Level 1 PO BOX  Toowoomba, QLD, 4610, brioh.guffin@health.qld.gov.au  ...

Debra McKenzie1, Eilleen Shepherd2, Jacinta Pitt3, Carolyn Bourke4   1 Toowoomba Oral Health, Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service, PMB2 Toowoomba 4350. debra.mckenzie@health.qld.gov.au 2 Toowoomba Oral Health, Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service, PMB2 Toowoomba 4350. eilleen.shepherd@health.qld.gov.au 3 Rural Health...