Queensland Country Life was on the ground with Mr Springborg and medical officials in the western Queensland centre as the Minister announced an expansion of the telehealth network to seven additional evaluation sites.
“Telehealth provides better access to health care and reduces the burden associated with travelling and waiting for a specialist, and today I am happy to announce that Alpha, Eidsvold, Moura, Kowanyama, Normanton, Roma and Bedourie will be able to share in this fantastic technology,” Mr Springborg said.
Mr Springborg said the Rural Telehealth Service, worth $30.9 million over four years, would give local residents in participating facilities access to specialist doctors in Queensland’s best hospitals without the need to travel.
“Telehealth will feature strongly in the future delivery of healthcare in regional and rural Queensland, and that is why this government has invested so strongly in the network,” he said.
Mr Springborg said the move towards better use of technology in rural areas was supported by clinicians.
He said former Rural Doctors Association of Queensland presidents, Dr Bruce Chater, Theodore and Dr Ewan McPhee, Emerald were behind the government’s investment.
Mr Springborg said Queensland had one of the largest managed telehealth networks in Australia with more than 1500 systems deployed in more than 200 hospitals and community facilities.
“Utilising and expanding this network will transform the way some services are delivered in these communities and will create a new generation of care,” he said.
“These seven new sites are just the first step in ensuring Queenslanders, regardless of where they live, can access high quality healthcare in a more timely fashion.”
Quelle/Source: Queensland Country Life, 29.07.2013
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