E-health has huge potential and challenges for rural AustraliaYes, but there are conflicting models for providing health care in the regions. Take a mining town in the most remote corner. A company base will have health care on contract. Anything more than a simple fracture will be flown out to a major centre. There may be a place for telehealth, but it would be very small.
Note the recent article about PACS in metropolitan WA. They’d need much better IT governance to ensure remote assessment of complicated trauma.
need different model for indigenous settlements – water, plumbing, etc
BBg – no UPPs
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