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

Abstract

Background: Despite substantial investment in detection, early intervention and evidence-based treatments, current management strategies for diabetes-associated retinopathy and cardiovascular disease are largely based on real-time and face-to-face approaches. There are limited data re telehealth facilitation in type 2 diabetes management. Therefore, we aim to investigate efficacy of telehealth facilitation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease care in high-risk vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in remote/very remote Australia. Methods: Using a pre-post intervention design, 600 Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes will be recruited from three primary-care health-servic..