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Wider context sought after telehealth bomb goes off
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Wider context sought after telehealth bomb goes off
Wednesday 22 May 2024, 04:39 PM

Te Whatu Ora has scrambled to provide more context after Martin Hefford’s webinar comments on telehealth and multidisciplinary teams prompted criticism [Image: Jacob Lund on iStock]
Martin Johnston takes a closer look at the reaction to recent comments on telehealth
Context is everything – as Te Whatu Ora has found after its webinar statements about general practice telehealth caused a storm.
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