Telstra (ASX: TLS) has launched an e-health business division called Telstra Health as it looks to connect patients with doctors via video conferencing, said group executive of retail, Gordon Ballantyne.
“Telstra Health is about connecting you to your doctor, your doctor to your other providers, and having access to care and information where you want, when you want,” he said in a statement.
The site follows on from the alpha site launched in July, ditching images for blocks of text that relate to broad areas of government services. For example, there is a health section, a law and justice section, and a money, benefits and tax section.
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The state government was previously delivering fragmented services to citizens through around 400 shop fronts, over 30 call centres, more than 800 websites and 8,000 separate phone numbers – all operated by different agencies with different processes and systems.
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Paulin is the co-ordinator of older persons and residential aged care at Inner East Melbourne Medicare Local and looks after online and remote health initiatives.
She co-ordinates a small team responsible for addressing local healthcare needs and service gaps through e-health and telehealth initiatives. A big part of her role involves adopting e-health and telehealth technologies (such as video conferencing software) to facilitate remote consultations between aged care providers and healthcare practitioners (such as GPs and specialists).
The new guidelines, Information Security Management Guidelines-Risk management of outsourced ICT arrangements (including Cloud), simplify the decision making process for Agencies considering cloud and other outsourced ICT arrangements.