Caring for the Last 3%: Telehealth Potential and Broadband Implications for Remote Australia

Author:

Dods, Sarah; Freyne, Jill; Alem, Leila; Nepal, Surya ; Li, Jane; Jang-Jaccard, Julian

Date of Publication:

2012-11-20

Publication Type:

Report

Pages:

16

Abstract:

Australians living in remote regions of our nation live with far poorer health outcomes than those in our regional and urban areas. The gaps in health service availability and outcomes between people in urban areas and those in remote parts of our country are well known. Telehealth, the provision of health related services at a distance using technology assisted communications, offers a means to narrow this gap by improving the level and diversity of services in remote areas.

Publisher:

CSIRO

Field Of Research:

Networking and Communications

Full Text Availability:

Published Version (pdf) (1.48MB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4225/08/584c46626c555

Rights Notice:

This report has been placed on the CSIRO repository and may be made available to persons outside of CSIRO for non commercial purposes, in its entirety and without deletion of disclaimers and copyright information.

Identifier:

EP129516

Publication Sub Type:

Technical Report (Author)

Language:

English

Attribution Statement:

Dods, Sarah; Freyne, Jill; Alem, Leila; Nepal, Surya; Li, Jane; Jang-Jaccard, Julian. Caring for the Last 3%: Telehealth Potential and Broadband Implications for Remote Australia. CSIRO; 2012. csiro:EP129516. https://doi.org/10.4225/08/584c46626c555