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cord-012583-n7zxbuf8	O’Kane, Gabrielle	Telehealth—Improving access for rural, regional and remote communities	2020-08-28		.txt	text/plain	1325	66	46	Over the past few years, the Alliance has been advocating for improvements to digital health capability and greater access to telehealth services for rural, regional and remote communities. 4, 5 One study showed that telehealth can be successfully applied to the management of patients with a spinal fracture, which allowed the patient to be cared for in their local rural hospital and offered opportunities for allied health professionals to upskill and work to their full scope of practice, while also providing cost efficiencies for the health service. 3 The Alliance would certainly support such measures, but there must also be resources put towards improving digital health literacy for both consumers and health care providers so that all Australians can be enabled to make optimal use of digital and telehealth services.	./cache/cord-012583-n7zxbuf8.txt	./txt/cord-012583-n7zxbuf8.txt