Coviu's Telehealth Blog

Coviu exhibited at the ASHA Schools Connect Conference 2023 in beautiful Long Beach, California. From July 13th to 15th, educators and professionals in the speech-language pathology field gathered to exchange knowledge and explore the latest advancements in their field.

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 pediatric feeding disorders. Fast forward to now, an innovative and highly successful provider, Eat Speak Learn, is an exemplar of hybrid care in action for pediatric patients seeking behavioral health and speech pathology services.

With 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.

Residents of rural and remote Australia often experience disadvantages and inequalities when it comes to healthcare access and delivery. Traditionally, access to speech and language sessions for children has been restricted to in-person visits. As a result, access to speech therapy for children living in rural and regional areas has been extremely limited and non-existent in many remote areas.

Kanella Mendigorin, Speech Pathologist at Shine Early Intervention