TELEHEALTH FACILITATION OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR CARE IN AUSTRALIA

Grant number: 1016691 | Funding period: 2011 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

Teleretinal imaging will be used to assess risk for diabetic retinopathy and cardiovascular disease and the value of this service will be used to implement a full suite of telehealth services using an already developed web-based open source software application that is made available to this project license free. The Telehealth service is expected to reduce the impact of chronic disease in Indigenous communities in a cost efficient manner and to reduce the health care disparity gap

Related publications (2)

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An evaluation of the telehealth facilitation of diabetes and cardiovascular care in remote Australian Indigenous communities: - protocol for the telehealth eye and associated medical services network [TEAMSnet] project, a pre-post study design

Laima Brazionis, Alicia Jenkins, Anthony Keech, Chris Ryan, Sven-Erik Bursell

2017-01-05

BACKGROUND: Despite substantial investment in detection, early intervention and evidence-based treatments, current management stra..

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Evolving telehealth reimbursement in Australia

S-E Bursell, S Zang, AC Keech, AJ Jenkins

2016-08-01

Video-based consultation is the only telehealth service reimbursed by the Medicare Benefits Schedule in Australia, but the uptake ..

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