How telehealth consults can go seriously wrong: study
When a GP heard a 16-year-old girl’s symptoms of lethargy, fever and poor oral intake during a telehealth appointment, he thought it was likely glandular…
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Telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide for December
AusDoc’s December telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide is now available, including the big changes implemented in November. These include new item numbers for telehealth…
I hate telehealth: Sometimes it feels like I am being sucked into my computer
I hate telehealth. If there was a magical Tardis that could transport the patients who need it into my room at the exact time of…
Most GP work could be done over the phone, says top researcher
Could GPs make 80% of their diagnoses over the phone? This GP turned professor of evidence-based medicine thinks so. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
Prominent GP telehealth corporate cops $742,000 fine from TGA
GP telehealth corporate InstantScripts has been fined $742,500 by the TGA for allegedly promoting the use of S4 drugs including antibiotics, insulin and blood thinners.…
Govt offers ‘short-term fix’ for telehealth bulk-billing headache
The RACGP says the administrative headache of written consent forms for bulk-billed telehealth appointments will ease slightly with digital forms that integrate practice software. …
Two GP after-hours providers merge in multimillion-dollar deal
A takeover deal has seen two of Australia’s after-hours providers join together with a combined GP workforce of around 400. GP-led DoctorSquare, which was formerly…
Updated November telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide
AusDoc’s telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide has been updated to incorporate November’s big changes. These include new item numbers for telehealth consults lasting…
Prominent GP telehealth corporate bought by medicinal cannabis firm for $25 million
A cannabis company has taken over high-profile GP telehealth corporate Doctors on Demand, with a pledge to start filling prescriptions online as part of “end-to-end”…
MBS items for initial specialist consults conducted via video face the axe
Specialists will be prevented from claiming MBS items for initial consults via video under a crackdown suggested by the MBS Review Advisory Committee. The committee…
