Gold Coast specialists establish online hospital
16-May-16, Gold Coast Bulletin
A group of Gold Coast specialist medicos is seeking to counter internet-linked self-diagnosis and to make tertiary-level medical services more readily available to Australia’s rural residents and travellers by providing consultations online.
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They have established Docto, Australia’s first telemedicine hospital, and have long-term plans to take the business global.
The online hospital is the vision of Dr Jon Field, director of intensive care at Gold Coast University Hospital, and two colleagues, infectious diseases specialist Dr Andrew Jones and emergency physician Dr Tim Harraway. The telemedicine venture was launched earlier this year and has recruited some 50 specialists to its cause.
The hospital has an agreement with Accident and Health International (AHI) — a specialist underwriting agency that provides personal accident, medical and travel insurance in Australia and abroad.