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An analysis of why telehealth systems in Australia have not always succeeded
Yellowlees, P. M. (2001) An analysis of why telehealth systems in Australia have not always succeeded. Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare, 7 Supplement 2: 29-31.
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| Author(s) |
Yellowlees, P. M.
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| Title |
An analysis of why telehealth systems in Australia have not always succeeded
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| Journal name |
Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare
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| Publication date |
2001
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| Volume number |
7
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| Issue number |
Supplement 2
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| ISSN |
1357-633X
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| Start page |
29
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31
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| Total pages |
3
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| Editor(s) |
R. Wootton
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| Place of publication |
United Kingdom
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| Publisher |
Royal Society of Medicine
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| Collection year |
2001
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| Language |
eng
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| Subject |
C1
329999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
730199 Clinical health not specific to particular organs, diseases and conditions
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| Abstract |
Telehealth programmes are rather similar to humans in the way that they are planned, develop, grow and ultimately die or disappear. To achieve good life expectancy for a telehealth programme there appear to be three major needs: nurturing, which includes the provision of money, ideas, education, training and innovation; experience, which involves an integrated management process, the achievement of long and wide patterns of usage, the development of updated policies and procedures and the involvement of multiple disciplines; success, which involves evidence of outcomes, evaluation and research, and, most important, the sharing of information through scientific and popular press publications, and conferences and collaborations with internal and external groups. The future of telehealth in Australia is at a watershed. There are now a substantial number of programmes, and there has been a large amount of financial and human investment in telehealth around the nation. There is, however, no forum for national leadership, no national association and little support at federal government level.
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| Keyword(s) |
Health Care Sciences & Services
Telepsychiatry
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