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Telehealth a game changer: closing the gap in remote Aboriginal communities
Author(s) -
Smith Anthony C,
Armfield Nigel R,
Caffery Liam J
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/mja2.50208
Subject(s) - telehealth , nursing , medicine , indigenous , telemedicine , health care , family medicine , political science , law , ecology , biology
To the Editor: We strongly agree with St Clair and colleagues1 that telehealth is a “game changer” for the provision of health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia. For more than 15 years, we have been engaging with Indigenous communities throughout Queensland, to plan and establish telehealth services for a range of clinical disciplines, including diabetes, ear, nose and throat, and aged care.