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Telehealth in remote NT: bridging the gap
Author(s) -
Quilty Simon,
Bachmayer Lisa,
Congdon Andrew
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.00082
Subject(s) - telehealth , bridging (networking) , telemedicine , medicine , medical emergency , computer science , health care , political science , computer security , law
TO THE EDITOR: The very real challenges of distance and travel facing people with disabilities in rural and remote Australia were recently highlighted by Samera in this Journal.1 Here at Katherine Hospital, the barriers to care described by Samera are being overcome through the innovative use of telehealth. For example, a 47-year-old Aboriginal woman was admitted to this hospital after suffering a right-sided intracerebral bleed, leaving her with a dense left-sided hemiplegia and severe cognitive deficits.