Digital pharmacy ordering enabled in Victoria and more briefs

Healthcare IT News December 8, 2024
Adam Ang

Also, New South Wales has introduced a new virtual urgent care service for adults.

NSW extends virtual health service to adults

Over a year since offering urgent virtual care service to children and youth statewide, the New South Wales government has come up with a similar service for adults.

The new VirtualAdult service will provide urgent care via video conferencing for common illnesses or injuries, such as coughs and colds or flu, respiratory symptoms, vomiting and diarrhoea, and rashes.

Following its launch this month, December, in Sydney, it is planned for statewide expansion by the end of 2025. The service is part of several initiatives introduced to relieve pressure on overwhelmed emergency departments across NSW.

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