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Telehealth a game changer: closing the gap in remote Aboriginal communities
Author(s) -
Clair Marianne St,
Murtagh David P,
Kelly John,
Cook Jeff
Publication year - 2019
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/mja2.50036
Subject(s) - telehealth , videoconferencing , internet access , business , telemedicine , alliance , government (linguistics) , population , the internet , health care , telecommunications , public relations , medicine , geography , political science , computer science , environmental health , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , law
Uptake of telehealth in the Northern Territory has been limited, for a variety of reasons including inadequate access to broadband internet.1 Through collaboration between multiple organisations — Northern Institute, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT, Laynhapuy Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (LHS), eMerge (a local information and communications technology company), Telstra Health, and Broadband for the Bush Alliance — funding was obtained from the Regional Economic Infrastructure Fund (NT Government, $407 540) to provide access to reliable broadband for three very remote Aboriginal communities.