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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) - bridging (networking) , telehealth , telemedicine , psychology , computer science , political science , computer security , health care , 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.

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