Telemedicine platforms must be leveraged to strengthen rural health systems

Sabesan, Sabe, Xing, Daniel, and Gallo, James (2022) Telemedicine platforms must be leveraged to strengthen rural health systems. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 69 (3). pp. 277-278.

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[Extract] Telemedicine is a technology that has come of age, now it must be put to use to address inequities in cancer care. The principles and applications of telemedicine have undergone rapid evolution over the last two years globally.1, 2 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the utilisation of telemedicine was largely driven by local champions and lacked systematic uptake despite Government investment and incentives at both state and commonwealth levels. The pandemic and the resulting need for social distancing saw rapid and widespread adoption of telephone and telehealth services aided by Government funding, even for patients in metropolitan areas. Now is the time to leverage this momentum to embed telemedicine in our health systems.

Item ID: 76442
Item Type: Article (Editorial)
ISSN: 2051-3909
Copyright Information: © 2022 The Authors.Journal of Medical Radiation Sciencespublished by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf ofAustralian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology.This is an open access article under the terms of theCreative Commons AttributionLicense,which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Date Deposited: 10 May 2023 01:27
FoR Codes: 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420321 Rural and remote health services @ 100%
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