'The genie is out of the bottle': telehealth points way for Australia post pandemic

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From virtual hospitals to FaceTimed GP visits, innovations that have sprung up in response to coronavirus could transform a sector notoriously resistant to reform

This is the fifth in our series on Life after lockdown, which looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic could change Australia for good

Last year, when plans were being developed to establish a “virtual hospital” in central Sydney, some clinicians were not convinced about the merits of using digital technologies to care for people in their homes.

“Now, everybody is on board,” says Dr Teresa Anderson, chief executive of the Sydney Local Health District. “There is not one clinical department across the district that is not providing care virtually.”

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