Based on customer and healthcare provider choices, it seeks to create virtual care models.
The Menzies School of Health Research and NT Health are leading a new initiative to create virtual care models tailored to the requirements of indigenous people in the Northern Territory.
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WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press release, a three-year initiative funded by the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) will assess the most effective ways to use new and existing technology in remote indigenous communities.
It will pinpoint the preferences of patients and healthcare professionals for virtual care and solve the shortage of expertise in the use of digital instruments. John Wakerman, a professor at Menzies University, stated that recommendations "would be based on needs and preferences identified by both consumers and health professionals, with a special focus on integrating diverse professional groups operating in distant [primary healthcare service]."
The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, the University of Sydney, Healthdirect Australia, and the NT Primary Health Network are just a few of the organizations taking part in the initiative.
WHY IT MATTERS
The study's findings, according to DHCRC, will help identify gaps in current systems, procedures, and technologies; offer advice on how to deploy and configure current tools more effectively; and discover and create new technologies when necessary to support better health outcomes.
According to DHCRC Research Director Dr. Clare Morgan, "It is anticipated that increased adoption of digital health technologies within remote
Indigenous communities would result in patient time savings, better models of care delivery, and improved patient outcomes."
"We expect this effort to lessen the demand for acute care over time, through enhanced primary health care," she continued.
According to Tim Shaw, a professor at the University of Sydney, the research is crucial for "figuring out how digital health might increase access and fairness for disadvantaged populations in Australia and prevent contributing to a new digital gap."
Healthdirect plans to use the project's initial findings to optimize service processes that can be implemented, notably in video-based consultations, while the DHAC will use the study's health economic analysis outputs to drive its national policy and strategy.
Together with the University of South Australia, NT Health is conducting a DHCRC initiative to create a clinical decision support tool that will allow for more precise prescriptions of medicines. Patients with issues with renal function will benefit from it, notably seniors and members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The newest NT initiative comes after another DHCRC-supported project that was revealed in late June. The objective of this project is to provide a virtual platform driven by AI for patients with genetic diseases.
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