Using telehealth in aged care
On-demand recorded 31 Aug 2023
This short webinar provides guidance for GPs delivering telehealth to patients in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). We discuss the benefits of using telephone and video consultations, and look to a post-pandemic future where telehealth will increasingly play a role in service delivery within aged care. The webinar provides succinct advice on deciding whether to use telehealth with a particular patient, setting up your space to provide telehealth, making modifications for patients with a sensory or cognitive impairment, and steps to take after the telehealth consultation. Billing information is also discussed. Join us for an informative session to enhance your telehealth skills with your older patients.
Learning outcomes
- Identify scenarios in which telehealth might be appropriately used with patients in residential aged care facilities (RACFs)
- Integrate telehealth into your practice with a checklist for procedures
- Develop a protocol that includes modifications for patients with a sensory or cognitive impairment
- Select MBS telehealth item numbers to suit the needs of your RACF patients
Presenter
Dr Steven Kaye
MBBS, FRACGP, GAICD
Steven has been an RACGP Expert Committee member in eHealth / Practice Technology & Management since 2016. He has previously been the Deputy Chair of the Bayside Medicare Local and chair of the Bayside GP Network. Steven is a GP Registrar Supervisor for Eastern Victoria GP Training, an examiner for the RACGP fellowship and the Managing Partner of his General Practice in South East Melbourne. He has worked on many projects in an advisory role, including the ‘Shaping a Healthy Australia’ Working Group, My Health Record education program and the My Health Record External Assurance Committee.