Open AccessTelehealth quality check: Is it time for national standards?
Author(s) -
Rosemary McKenzie,
Kudzai Kanhutu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-05-21-5967
Subject(s) - telehealth , business , quality (philosophy) , interim , pandemic , nursing , health care , telemedicine , medicine , public relations , covid-19 , political science , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Telehealth has seen rapid but unregulated growth in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by the interim establishment of a universal Medicare Benefits Schedule item for telehealth consultations. Consumers and healthcare providers, including many general practitioners, have turned to telehealth with enthusiasm.