Pharmacy telehealth move
August 9, 2013
A company called Telemedicine
Australia (TMA) has announced
a new system which will enable
“telehealth consultations” to
be carried out in community
pharmacies across Australia.
The move, in partnership with
eHealth provider REND Tech
Associates, utilises a HiCare device
(pictured right) and “secure clinical
software in the cloud” to offer
video consultations with a range of
health care providers such as GPs,
specialists and nurses.
Dubbed Pharmacy-Link, the
system would see a HiCare device
installed in a community pharmacy
to allow patients to speak to a GP,
and have measurements taken by a
range of peripherals such as blood
pressure cuffs, thermometers, ECGs
and more.
“The idea
behind
Pharmacy-
Link is
to bring
24/7 GP,
specialist
and allied health
teleservices around Australia,” said
TMA md Ash Collins.
“This solution also allows
pharmacies to screen for a
number of chronic diseases
such as diabetes, hypertension,
dyslipidemia, atrial fibrillation and
asthma. Some of the services, such
as specialist medical consultations,
are bulk-billed,” he was quoted as
saying in Pulse IT Magazine.
Doctors can see patient files via
REND’s Best Practice software
which is hosted in the cloud.
Pharmacists who install one of
the devices can offer it as an extra
service, as well as utilising it for
their own patient risk assessment
and disease state management.
See telemedicineaustralia.com.au.
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