Virtual Health Care for Community Management of Patients With COVID-19 in Australia: Observational Cohort Study.
Owen Rhys HutchingsCassandra DearingDianna JagersMiranda Jane ShawFreya RaffanAaron JonesRichard TaggartTim SinclairTeresa AndersonAngus Graham RitchiePublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)
Community-based virtual health care is safe for managing most patients with COVID-19 and can be rapidly implemented in an urban Australian setting for pandemic management. Health services implementing virtual health care should anticipate challenges associated with rapid technology deployments and provide adequate support to resolve them, including strategies to support the use of health information technologies among consumers.