Coviu's Telehealth Blog

The South Australian Department for Education (DfE) has implemented a flexible services response team for psychology and speech pathology services, transitioning into an exemplary virtual service delivery team with the help of Coviu. Team Manager Robbie Thomas and Senior Psychologist Lisa Hannaford share their insights and practical tips for improving efficiencies in school-based telehealth services in our latest case study.

This blog explores how the University of Queensland (UQ) is leading the transformation of medical education by integrating telehealth. It highlights the role of Coviu, a telehealth platform, in UQ's curriculum. Louise Harding, the Curriculum Development Officer, brings her wealth of experience to UQ.

Even before the pandemic, Eat Speak Learn's Co-Founders Chris & Lauren MacDonald were planning on rolling out telehealth for their integrated practice offering speech pathology, physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy and psychology for children, with a unique specialty in paediatric feeding disorders. Fast forward to now, an innovative and highly successful NDIS provider, Eat Speak Learn, is an exemplar of hybrid care in action for paediatric patients seeking allied health services.

With recent medicare changes and the explosion of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of practitioners are looking to take their practice either partially or wholly online and embrace in-built clinical features. In early 2022, Coviu conducted customer interviews to understand the key benefits and challenges for providers and clients of administering Pearson assessments over virtual care.

March 2022 marked two years since the pandemic began and changed life as we knew it, forever. As I write this today, we are entering the second wave of omicron variant infections, and the fear of overcrowded hospitals and pressure on the healthcare system is still very much impacting how we manage the virus. While there are still more questions than answers when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdowns have been a silver lining for the development of digital health in Australia and beyond. The progress that we have seen in the past two years in digital health is immense and we are seeing an acceleration of the momentum that will lead to a much more efficient, streamlined and accessible healthcare system that Australia and the world need. But let me start from the beginning and share Coviu’s story and the important role it has played in Australia's battle with COVID-19.

The Clean Slate Clinic is a Telehealth program that supports Australians to safely undergo alcohol detox from home. Since establishing at the beginning of 2021 over 50 patients have successfully undergone an at-home alcohol detox program completely via telehealth. This new model has proven to be safe, effective, and convenient, making alcohol treatment widely available to all who need it, regardless of their location.

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.