Journal article
Transitioning from a single-site pilot project to a state-wide regional telehealth service: The experience from the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine programme
KL Bagot, DA Cadilhac, J Kim, M Vu, M Savage, L Bolitho, G Howlett, J Rabl, HM Dewey, PJ Hand, S Denisenko, GA Donnan, CF Bladin
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare | Published : 2017
Abstract
Scaling of projects from inception to establishment within the healthcare system is rarely formally reported. The Victorian Stroke Telemedicine (VST) programme provided a very useful opportunity to describe how rural hospitals in Victoria were able to access a network of Melbourne-based neurologists via telemedicine. The VST programme was initially piloted at one site in 2010 and has gradually expanded as a state-wide regional service operating with 16 hospitals in 2017. The aim of this paper is to summarise the factors that facilitated the state-wide transition of the VST programme. A naturalistic case-study was used and data were obtained from programme documents, e.g. minutes of governanc..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Windermere Foundation; the State Government of Victoria: Department of Business and Innovation and Department of Health; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Commonwealth Government. The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health acknowledges the strong support from the Victorian government and in particular the funding from the Operational Infrastructure Support Grant. DAC is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council fellowship co-funded by the Heart Foundation (1063761).