Coviu's Telehealth Blog

Dr Silvia Pfeiffer, speaks to Aged Care News about the importance of permanent telehealth items and what this means for Australian healthcare. Pfeiffer tells Aged Care News that this funding signals the shift from telehealth being considered an emergency measure, to it being recognised as a genuine tool to enhance consistency and quality of care going forward.

How ready is your practice to make video calls now with telehealth a permanent option for your patient consultations? Kris Borgraeve from Digital Practice spoke with Coviu CEO and Co-Founder Dr Silvia Pfeiffer about telehealth becoming a permanent reality.

Today is a good day for our healthcare system as the Federal Government announced that Medicare-subsidised telehealth services have been made a permanent part of Australia’s healthcare system. 

As per the most recent federal budget announcement, the Australian Government are investing an additional $204.6 million to support continued access to universal telehealth for all Australians. This is a great move by the Government as video telehealth is a staple for many patients and practitioners prior, during and post the pandemic.

Coviu CEO, Dr Silvia Pfeiffer, provides commentary on the recent release of the Aged Care Commission Report.

Coviu is always on the lookout for new information about telehealth in Australia, particularly when it comes to funding under Medicare or other Government programs. We've recently discovered a relatively unknown piece of information, that could drastically change the way our elderly population is receiving care.

Sydney, 21 January:  Australia’s leading telehealth software platform, Coviu, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant from the NSW government to provide better access to speech pathology services for all Australians, including children.

The 2019-20  bushfire season has been catastrophic, and there is no clear end in sight.  So far, 4 people have lost their lives, over 400 homes have been destroyed and countless pets and wildlife have perished. Even as residents slowly return to their homes or communities, many adults and children will continue to experience poor mental health due to sheer loss and grief.

Healthdirect Australia has selected Coviu, an Australian developed telehealth software platform, to power its government-funded healthdirect Video Call service.

There is a significant disparity in access to GPs across the Australian population. In 2014, the Bureau of Health Information reported our major cities utilised about 40% more GP services per capita than those in regional and remote areas, with roughly 36 million GP services being conducted in our cities compared to 2 million in regional and remote Australia. Mental health services are just as hard to access for regional, rural and remote dwellers - specifically, death by suicide is almost twice as likely in rural and remote areas due to lack of support services.