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The University of Queensland (UQ), in collaboration with Queensland Health and OurPHN, launched the first Palliative Care ECHO session! Palliative Care ECHO is a series of interactive case based virtual mentoring sessions that address a range of palliative care topics.

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH) was recognised last week at the UQ Faculty of Medicine Excellence Awards – by winning the Spirit of Reconciliation Award.  The award reflects more than 17 years of highly valued partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services around the country.

The recent official opening of the Chinchilla clinic coincided with National Closing the Gap Day. The opening brought together many of Goondir Health Service’s partners in a day of community celebration.

The Centre for Online Health has reached a significant milestone this week with 5000 telehealth consultations delivered to school children living in five regional Queensland towns.

Professor Anthony Smith and his team have received the 2021 Excellence in Indigenous Engagement award, recognising more than two decades of telehealth experience supporting some of Australia’s most remote communities.

The 2021 Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference (SFT-21) was held last week – virtually engaging 147 delegates from all around Australia and overseas, including Japan, China and South Africa. 

Congratulations to the research team from UQ Centre for Online Health, who were successful in winning the 2021 UQ Partnerships and Translation Award in the category of Indigenous Research and Innovation Partnerships.

Associate Professor Liam Caffery, principal research fellow at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH) was recently appointed as executive member of the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS). 

University of Queensland researchers have identified six ingredients of success that may lower healthcare costs and improve medical care using Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).

Improving the impact of high dementia rates on Indigenous Australians and communities is the focus of a University of Queensland-led telehealth project with a global track record of success.

Our CALL FOR ABSTRACTS will remain open until COB 31 May 2021. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be part of SFT-21.

In collaboration with the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and Metro South Health, a dementia telementoring program (DementiaECHO) is being rolled out throughout Queensland.

Telehealth experts from the Centre for Online Health (COH) have helped with the launch of the 2021 State of Telehealth Summit – by presenting the opening session on telehealth.

The Centre for Online Health (COH) received a Commendation in the field of Service Excellence at the 2020 Faculty of Medicine Excellence Awards.

Dermoscopy imaging will help reduce melanoma mortality, which is particularly important given the high prevalence in the Australian population.

Professor Jeanine Young was recently recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List – and has received the Member of the Order of Australia award for her significant service to tertiary education, to medical research, and to nursing.

Faculty of Medicine Dr Emma Thomas from the Centre for Online Health (COH), Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) has been awarded a prestigious two year post-doctoral fellowship from The Heart Foundation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in rapid changes to the way Australians access health care. We’re now using telehealth more than ever.