CareHQ, the virtual GP service and joint venture between ProCare and Southern Cross Health Insurance provided care to more than 43,000 patients over the last 12 months, up 78% on the 12 months prior, where it served more than 24,000 patients
An elderly woman died after a telehealth nurse failed to recognise critical symptoms during an overnight call. Patrice Dougan reports on the HDC’s decision
In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a registered nurse at a telehealth service breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide services of an appropriate standard to a woman in her seventies
A new report from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission finds most people have returned to in-person consults following the COVID-19 pandemic
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