eHealth

Telehealth incorporates the use of video conferencing (VC) equipment that allows patients in remote areas to connect with healthcare providers in major centres.

TeleHealth NT has a mission to develop innovative, quality, evidence-based access to video-enabled healthcare following these principles:

• enhance participation by building local and regional networks to increase communication among patient, services and specialties in all aspects of health and wellbeing
• provide responsive health systems by supporting innovation in the health system and responding to local demands in a timely and cost-effective manner
• create synergy for services by providing targeted health interventions at the point of patient presentation
• support research and evaluation by collecting evidence that will ensure sustainable clinical practices.

Services

TeleHealth NT includes seven service domains:

• Tele-Critical Care - improving quality and timely access to critical care skills and advice for remote patients.
• Tele-Specialist Clinics - improving logistics and access to ambulatory care services
• Tele-Workforce Support- enhancing clinical service delivery including education, training, clinical supervision and procedural support
• Tele-Complex Case Management - multi-disciplinary interventions that support advocacy, communication, and effective resource management
• Tele-Inpatient Care- inpatient care enhanced by access to specialists across the NT
• Tele-Family Support and Virtual Visitations - patient and family meetings strengthen outcomes by increasing participation in decision making while reducing anxiety experienced from being away from home and loved ones
• Tele-Sonography- real time connections to specialists required for diagnosis of conditions across video conference including ultrasound and other imagery.

Benefits

• Reduce patient travel and costs
• Reduced time away from family and community
• Allows for shorter period of time away from work
• Improves access to follow up appointments (eg post-surgery)

Contacts:

NTG helpdesk: Service.Centre@nt.gov.au

TeleHealth Support:
TeleHealth Technical Support: TeleHealthHeldpesk.THS@nt.gov.au
Phone: 1800 000 254

TeleHealth Appointments: