Telehealth

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• Telehealth
• in Australia recent activities

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Australian Network for Telehealth / Australasian
Telehealth Society

• Goals
• The use of high-quality broadband
  telecommunications for exchange of medical
  knowledge and techniques in both service delivery
  and educational settings.
• Development of combined medical and engineering
  teams to achieve 1 above.
• Expansion of advanced medical networks in
  locally nationally and internationally by
  dissemination of information knowledge and
  expertise.
• Refinement and translation of the use of these
  technologies through assessment and improvement.
  
• Provision of better healthcare and education
  through the use of medium bandwidth
  telecommunications.
• 
  contact colin.carati_at_flinders.e
  du.au

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New South Wales
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DVTS 3-D Laparoscopy Stanford USA - Sydney
Australia
Professor Patrick Cregan Nepean Hospital
NSW Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation
Stanford California
Sydney Australia
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Virtual Intensive Critical Care Unit
ViCCU Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation Professor Patrick Cregan
Nepean Hospital NSW
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Victoria
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South Australia
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Goals of the WGO-OMGE Training Centers To
promote the highest standards in training in
gastroenterology and endoscopy in the region To
develop a curriculum for training in
gastroenterology based on current science
ethical principles and relevant to local and
regional care needs To expose young
gastroenterologists-in-training to the most
current knowledge in gastroenterology To
promolgate best practice guidelines in
gastroenterology and endoscopy
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Western Australia
workshops in telehealth
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future directions

• formalise Australian Network for Telehealth /
  Austalasian Telehealth Society with links to APAN
  and International Telehealth Society
• connect the dots
• develop clinical skills network
• develop more joint international projects
• contact colin.carati_at_flinders.edu.au