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  • Article May 18, 2020 1 min read

    RPA Sydney - virtual care: providing telehealth services in Australia

    Steve Neville
    Steve Neville
    May 18, 2020 1 min read
    • Steve Neville
    Steve Neville

    Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, one of the largest and busiest in the country, has been monitoring COVID-19 patients at home. As of mid-May, the hospital has cared for 446 patients who tested positive for the virus, along with 156 other COVID-negative patients in quarantine.

     

     

    Rapid Growth in RPA Virtual Hospital ‘Visits’

     

    The Sydney Local Health District has had to rapidly scale its rpavirtual service which started as a trial in March 2020 for palliative care and cystic fibrosis patients back in February 2020. Then, it had two full-time equivalent nurses on staff. Now, the team has over 30 nurses as well as another team of doctors, all of whom had to be trained for virtual workflows, eMR documentation and scheduling remote appointments.

     

    The technology used to support the service includes TempTraq temperature sensors which are monitored in real-time by nurses at RPA's Care Centre and iHealth's pulse oximeters. The RPA Virtual Hospital (rpavirtual) combines these with Pexip for patient video consultations.

     

     

    Remote Health Solutions in Australia

     

    “There was a rapid redesign to provide virtual healthcare to patients with COVID-19 managed in the community,” Eleni Efthymiou said, rpavirtual health information manager. “This is for patients who were stable enough to be monitored at home and includes clear escalation processes.”

     

    Pulse+ IT speaks to Ms. Efthymiou on her experience of the rapidly expanding virtual health service.

     

    Learn more about Pexip’s telehealth solutions in Australia and worldwide, and how they help to seamlessly connect patients and providers.

     

     
    Topics:
    • Healthcare
    • Digital transformation
    • Video technology platform
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