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The Telehealth Skills, Training, And Implementation Project: An Evaluation Protocol, Andrew D. Bonney, Patricia Knight, Judy Mullan, Michelle Moscova, Stephen Barnett, Donald C. Iverson, Daniel Saffioti, Elizabeth Eastland, Michelle Guppy, Kathryn M. Weston, Ian Wilson, Judith Hudson, Dimity Pond, Gerard Gill, Charlotte Hespe

Associate Professor Daniel F. Saffioti

Background: Telehealth appears to be an ideal mechanism for assisting rural patients and doctors and medical students/registrars in accessing specialist services. Telehealth is the use of enhanced broadband technology to provide telemedicine and education over distance. It provides accessible support to rural primary care providers and medical educators. A telehealth consultation is where a patient at a general practice, with the assistance of the general practitioner or practice nurse, undertakes a consultation by videoconference with a specialist located elsewhere. Multiple benefits of telehealth consulting have been reported, particularly those relevant to rural patients and health care providers. However there is …