Telehealth: A valuable tool, not a cure-all for crisis

Website intended for a NZ health professional readership

+Opinion

Telehealth: A valuable tool, not a cure-all for crisis

Andrew Swanson-Dobbs

Thursday 29 August 2024, 04:18 PM

Instead of displacing face-to-face care, funding should focus on strengthening the current workforce and supporting GPs [Image: CDC on Unsplash]

Telehealth risks becoming a crutch that undermines existing primary care services, especially in rural areas, writes PHO leader Andrew Swanson-Dobbs

Existing [GP] services have been undermined, clinically and financially, by telehealth providers funded by Te Whatu Ora Over the years, teleheal

Opinion archive

How to Treat

Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management

Wednesday 14 August 2024, 12:45 AM