From telehealth to virtual primary care in Australia? A Rapid scoping review

J Jonnagaddala, MA Godinho, ST Liaw - International journal of medical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic impacts have disrupted our
health systems and society. We sought to examine informatics and digital health strategies …

Economic evaluations of videoconference and telephone consultations in primary care: A systematic review

KR De Guzman, CL Snoswell… - … of Telemedicine and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Telehealth services using videoconference and telephone modalities have
been increasing exponentially in primary care since the coronavirus pandemic. The …

[HTML][HTML] GP perceptions of telehealth services in Australia: a qualitative study

KR De Guzman, CL Snoswell, CM Giles, AC Smith… - BJGP open, 2022 - bjgpopen.org
Background Primary care providers have been rapidly transitioning from in-person to
telehealth care during the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. There is an opportunity …

General practitioners' knowledge, preparedness, and experiences of managing COVID-19 in Australia

C Sotomayor-Castillo, S Nahidi, C Li, C Hespe… - Infection, Disease & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 has brought unprecedented demands to general practitioners (GPs)
worldwide. We examined their knowledge, preparedness, and experiences managing …

Primary care informatics response to Covid-19 pandemic: adaptation, progress, and lessons from four countries with high ICT development

ST Liaw, C Kuziemsky, R Schreiber… - Yearbook of medical …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Objective: Internationally, primary care practice had to transform in response to the COVID
pandemic. Informatics issues included access, privacy, and security, as well as patient …

Specialist consultation activity and costs in Australia: Before and after the introduction of COVID-19 telehealth funding

KR De Guzman, LJ Caffery, AC Smith… - … of Telemedicine and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study describes and analyses the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) activity and cost
data for specialist consultations in Australia, as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 …

The impact of COVID‐19 on primary health care delivery in Australia

E Halcomb, R Fernandez, C Ashley… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To validate the 'safe and effective staffing tool'and explore the impact of COVID‐19 on
the quality of Australian primary health care (PHC). Design A national survey was conducted …

Differences in psychosocial distress among rural and metropolitan health care workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic

R Tham, A Pascoe, K Willis, M Kay… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective The Australian COVID‐19 Frontline Healthcare Workers study examined
the prevalence and severity of mental health symptoms during the second wave of the …

[HTML][HTML] Telehealth's future in Australian primary health care: a qualitative study exploring lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic

C Ashley, A Williams, S Dennis, S McInnes, NA Zwar… - BJGP open, 2023 - bjgpopen.org
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth emerged as a means of safely
providing primary healthcare (PHC) consultations. In Australia, changes to telehealth …

[HTML][HTML] A “shock test” to primary care integration: COVID-19 lessons from Alberta

M Leslie, R Fadaak, N Pinto, J Davies, L Green… - Healthcare …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed primary care (PC), and policies aimed at integrating it
into provincial health systems, to a “shock test.” This paper draws on documentary analysis …