Healthcare IT News March 26, 2024
Northern Health has started digitising its various patient care programs through a single virtual platform.
One way Northern Health, a major provider in Melbourne’s north, is creating value for its patients and community, is by enabling its clinicians to offer virtual options.
THE PROBLEM
It began during the pandemic. As with the rest of the industry, the organisation too had to accelerate its digital transformation by embracing digital tools for delivering remote care. However, they had to make do with little technologies available to them back then. “Systems were clunky, there was little or limited integration of our systems and poor interoperability,” recalled Dr Katharine See, chief health outcomes officer and director of Respiratory Medicine at Northern Health.
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