Pushing the boundaries: Using telehealth to improve regional access and care
October 2020
Children living in remote and regional areas experience poorer health outcomes than their urban peers. Access to affordable, local and timely quality health care is one of the key drivers of differential outcomes for rural and regional children.
This policy brief outlines how embedding specialist paediatric expertise in primary care via telehealth could improve efficiency, access and quality of care for regional and rural communities.