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Written by Kate McDonald on 16 December 2020. Virtual care was again at the forefront during the third quarter of the 2020 eHealth year, with telehealth and remote monitoring being harnessed across the country as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic arrived. Victoria, the hardest hit state, rolled out a number of initiatives to help manage the pandemic, including Alfred Health and Monash Health, which introduced a intelligent decision-support system called CovidCare to monitor patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and were self-isolating at home. The University of Melbourne launched a clinical trial of a remote monitoring solution also called CovidCare in general practices and respiratory clinics, with patients in self-isolation or quarantine provided with an app to self-monitor their physical symptoms and to identify mental health needs. By October, this trial had recruited 24 clinics around the country and was being expanded to use the app to h ....
New name and new board for telehealth society Written by Kate McDonald on 16 December 2020. The Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) has renamed itself the Australian Telehealth Society and has selected a new board, with president Jackie Plunkett standing down after almost six years in the role. The new president is Kim Ford, an assistant director of nursing with the Tasmanian Health Service, and the vice president is Liam Caffery from the University of Queensland s Centre for Online Health. Ms Plunkett said in her president s report that the COVID-19 pandemic had allowed telehealth to show its value. “The ‘sell’ for telehealth is now over, now it is time for embedding it and maturing telehealth further into a more strategic offering,” she said. ....