Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Charles Perkins Centre, Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Nutr Diet. 2020 Sep;77(4):406-415. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12619. Epub 2020 Jun 28.
It is the position of Dietitians Australia that clients can receive high-quality and effective dietetic services such as Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) delivered via telehealth. Outcomes of telehealth-delivered dietetic consultations are comparable to those delivered in-person, without requiring higher levels of additional training nor compromising quality of service provision. Dietitians Australia recommends that policy makers and healthcare funders broaden the recognition for telehealth-delivered dietetic consultations as a responsive and cost-effective alternative or complement to traditional in-person delivery of dietetic services. The successful implementation of telehealth can help to address health and service inequalities, improve access to effective nutrition services, and support people with chronic disease to optimise their diet-related health and well-being, regardless of their location, income or literacy level, thereby addressing current inequities.
澳大利亚营养师协会认为，客户可以通过远程医疗获得高质量和有效的营养服务，如医疗营养治疗（MNT）。远程医疗咨询的结果与面对面咨询相当，不需要更高水平的额外培训，也不会降低服务质量。澳大利亚营养师协会建议政策制定者和医疗保健资助者扩大对远程医疗咨询的认可，将其作为一种响应迅速且具有成本效益的替代或补充传统的面对面营养服务方式。远程医疗的成功实施有助于解决健康和服务方面的不平等问题，改善人们获得有效营养服务的机会，并支持慢性病患者优化其与饮食相关的健康和福祉，无论其地理位置、收入或文化程度如何，从而解决当前的不平等问题。
