Digital health (and technology) including remote delivery & telehealth

Mrs Becky George1 1Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand Allied Health, Scientific and Technical (AHST) professions are already actively engaging with health informatics and the emerging health technologies; working to fulfill New Zealand’s strategic health and equity priorities to achieve...

Janice Wong1, Mr Christopher Kwok1, Mr Luvern Moothan1, Ms Anna-Marie Thompson1, Ms Susan Cantwell1, Dr Janice Wong1,2,3 1St John of God Health Care, Social Outreach, Mental Wellbeing Services, Perth, Australia, 2Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Australia, 3The University of Western Australia,...

Associate Professor Adam Bird1, Dr Kate Bridgman1, Dr Shane Erickson1, Dr Lisa Furlong1 1La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia The engagement of allied health students in telehealth consultations whilst on clinical placement has rapidly increased due to the disruption caused by...

Mrs Rae Parker1, Dr Liisa Laakso2, Raymond Kopeshke1 1Mater Health, Brisbane, Australia, 2Mater Research, Brisbane, Australia Background Pre-COVID-19, a metropolitan hospital allied health (AH) service commenced a project to improve telehealth (TH) services. We describe how we used the results...

Ms Heidi Sturk1 1Queensland University Of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Digital mental health services are continuing to find a key place in national mental health service delivery, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumers are keen to utilise the...

Dr Karen Borschmann1, Dr Renee Clapham1, Ms Michelle Proctor1, Ms Tanya Gilliver1, Ms Karella De Jongh1, Ms Melinda Collins1, Ms Penny Lording1, Ms Rita Kinsella1, Ms Kate Brooks1, Ms Kate Fox1, Ms Adrienne Munro1 1St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), Fitzroy, Australia...

Dr Shaun Halovic1,2, Dr David Alchin1,2, Dr Anthony Korner1,2, Associate Professor Loyola McLean1,2, Ms Clodagh Ross-Hamid3,4, Miss May Ladlanki3 1Westmead Psychotherapy Program, Cumberland Hospital, North Parramatta, Australia, 2Sydney University, Camperdown, Australia, 3Emotional Health and Clinical Research Unit, Cumberland Hospital, North...

Ms Andrea Verde1, Mr Rob LoPresti1, Ms Kathy Maggs1, Mr Chadwick Dale1, Mr Drew Smith1 1Clinical Education Unit, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia How students are welcomed and informed about their student placement is an important signal as to how valued...

Rachel Resuggan1, Kera Fulurija1 1St John Of God Healthcare, Perth, Australia Health systems in Australia are amongst the slowest to adopt digital health solutions, and St John God of Health Care (SJGHC), one of the largest Catholic health care providers...

Mrs Stephanie Taylor1, Mrs Emma Woods1 1NSW Helath, Milton Ulladulla, Australia The ability to communicate is fundamental to quality of life and speech intelligibility is essential to communicative success. There are more than 6,000,000 patients worldwide who are diagnosed with...