Telehealth: Australia-wide
Welcome to Our Virtual Clinic
Telehealth offers convenient, private and effective health care delivery. And it’s easier than you might think.
Instead of travelling to a clinic, telehealth consultations simply occur via a video-call on your computer, tablet or smartphone from the comfort of your home or workplace. Audio-only telephone call consultations are also an option and can be useful for those without video capability or when video connection is unstable. As well as offering convenience, telehealth services can improve access for patients with mobility or transportation issues, as well as those that are unwell or immunocompromised. Many happy patients have had their chronic cough treated simply and successfully via our telehealth cough clinic.
Avoid Coughing in Waiting Rooms
The advent of COVID-19 has increased the social stigma associated with coughing in public and telehealth offers a welcome alternative to face-to-face consultation, together with an opportunity to commence treatment quickly, privately and with reduced risk of transmission.
No Need to Download Software
You do not need to download any software if using your computer. An invitation with a link to join an online video call will simply be emailed to you. We use an online video conferencing platform that is free and easy to use. Call us if you have any questions.
Telehealth Evidence
Telehealth is offered in the client's functional environment where they communicate on a daily basis, which is considered best practices in many areas of rehabilitation (McCue, Fairman, & Pramuka, 2010) and is supported by the World Health Organization intervention framework (World Health Organization, 2001). The literature suggests that quality of service through telehealth produces similar clinical outcomes when compared with in-person services across neurogenic communication disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, dysphagia, and childhood speech and language disorders (Hill & Theodoros, 2002; Lowe, O'Brian, & Onslow, 2013; Mashima & Brown, 2011; Mashima & Doarn, 2008; Swanepoel & Hall, 2011; Theodoros, 2008; Wales, Skinner, & Hayman, 2017). In some cases, the telehealth method was superior to the in-person method by increased service efficiency, treatment satisfaction (Burns, Ward, et al., 2017), and improved treatment outcomes for children (Towey, 2012b).