Wootton Richard, Blignault Ilse, Cignoli Joanne
Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Australia.
J Telemed Telecare. 2003;9 Suppl 2:S73-5. doi: 10.1258/135763303322596345.
We conducted a national survey of Australian hospitals to assess their use of telehealth. Information was sought from the 814 hospitals with 10 or more beds, excluding the small number that provided only day surgery and seven for which we could not identify a contact person. A total of 564 replies were received (a 69% response rate). Nationally, nearly half (49%) reported that they were engaged in some telehealth activity. However, there was a significant difference across jurisdictions. Hospitals in the public sector were significantly more likely to report the use of telehealth than those in the private sector (62% vs 14%). Hospital remoteness was measured according to the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA). The highest levels of use were reported by hospitals in 'very remote' and 'remote' areas (90% and 88%, respectively), with moderate levels of use in 'moderately accessible' and 'accessible' areas (67% and 52%, respectively) and the lowest level of use in 'highly accessible' areas (35%). This trend was significant.
我们对澳大利亚医院进行了一项全国性调查，以评估它们对远程医疗的使用情况。我们向814家拥有10张或更多床位的医院收集信息，不包括仅提供日间手术的少数医院以及7家我们无法确定联系人的医院。共收到564份回复（回复率为69%）。在全国范围内，近一半（49%）的医院报告称他们参与了一些远程医疗活动。然而，不同司法管辖区之间存在显著差异。公共部门的医院比私营部门的医院更有可能报告使用远程医疗（分别为62%和14%）。医院的偏远程度是根据澳大利亚可达性/偏远性指数（ARIA）来衡量的。“非常偏远”和“偏远”地区的医院报告的使用水平最高（分别为90%和88%），“中等可达”和“可达”地区的使用水平适中（分别为67%和52%），“高度可达”地区的使用水平最低（35%）。这种趋势很显著。
