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Australasian telehealth celebrates its coming of age

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Laurie Wilson, Pulse Magazine.

The injection of funds into local telehealth provision through the MBS telehealth item numbers and the NBN-enabled telehealth pilots program means the more widespread adoption of telehealth in Australia is beginning to take shape. The potential of these initiatives, and the strategic directions for telehealth over the next few years, will be discussed at the Global Telehealth 2012 conference in Sydney in November.

Although telehealth has been part of Australian healthcare since the foundation of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the last few years have seen an explosion of activity and a fundamental change in the way telehealth is viewed within the health system. The primary catalyst for change has been the Australian government’s introduction of telehealth items into the Medicare Benefits Schedule in mid-2011.

Australasian telehealth celebrates its coming of age.

More information is available at the conference website.

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    October 20, 2012 at 6:10 am

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