Written by Kate McDonald on
16 December 2020.
Virtual care was again at the forefront during the third quarter of the 2020 eHealth year, with telehealth and remote monitoring being harnessed across the country as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic arrived.
Victoria, the hardest hit state, rolled out a number of initiatives to help manage the pandemic, including Alfred Health and Monash Health, which introduced a intelligent decision-support system called CovidCare to monitor patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and were self-isolating at home.
The University of Melbourne launched a clinical trial of a remote monitoring solution also called CovidCare in general practices and respiratory clinics, with patients in self-isolation or quarantine provided with an app to self-monitor their physical symptoms and to identify mental health needs. By October, this trial had recruited 24 clinics around the country and was being expanded to use the app to help patients de
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This is the second of a two-part series on healthcare workers who put their lives on the line every day to save ours
OUR frontliners, the true heroes of the fight against Covid-19, have certainly been put to the test time and again, and many have made personal sacrifices in playing their crucial role in fighting the pandemic.
Here, some frontliners share their experiences.
Dr Densearn Seo (Class of 2011)
Medical advisor for Drop Bio
In joining the pandemic response, I found myself working in one of the Covid-19 wards. The experience as a frontliner is certainly exhilarating yet somewhat distressing.