Monday Lunch Livestream

17 April 2023

The massive uptick in the use of telehealth technology in healthcare due to the pandemic was lauded as transformative for more equitable outcomes for all...but is this reflected on the ground? Join our expert panel for a candid discussion on the challenges and opportunities telehealth presents in addressing health equity.

Access, quality, affordability and technological capacity all influence the effectiveness of telehealth to deliver equitable care.

Our multidisciplinary panel will dissect various aspects of telehealth before we hear from Dr Jaimon Kelly from the University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health on how to optimise this model of care to deliver high-quality telehealth and improve its implementation for better patient outcomes.

Facilitator

Associate Professor Liam Caffery
Director of Telehealth Technology, Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland

Associate Professor Liam Caffery is an Associate Professor in Telehealth and Director of Telehealth Technology for the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health. A/Prof Caffery has a PhD in medicine and his research is centred on pragmatic trials of telehealth services. He has a special interest in the use of telehealth for Indigenous health and rural healthcare delivery, and he is involved in telehealth service development, delivery and evaluation across a broad range of telehealth services.

Speaker

Dr Jaimon Kelly
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland

Dr Jaimon Kelly is a consultant Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Online Health. He has a PhD in technology-supported lifestyle interventions and delivering dietary education to improve people's dietary self-management. Dr Kelly's research program focuses on technology-enabled health systems and interventions for improving patient-centred care in chronic disease and simplifying nutrition communication for clinicians and people living with chronic conditions.

Panel

Associate Professor Kate Burbury
Director, Digital and Healthcare Innovations; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Associate Professor Kate Burbury is a Consultant Haematologist; Director of Digital and Healthcare Innovations and Chair, Senior Medical Staff at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre. A/Prof Burbury is the lead for Digital Health, healthcare innovations, healthcare research and implementation, and the strategy for building our regional partnerships around Victoria and interstate.

Professor Anthony Smith
Director, Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland; Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Denmark; and Editor in Chief, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Jane Power
Consumer

Jane Power is a community leader in a number of Health Services. She is Chair of the Community Advisory Group at the Mercy Hospital for Women and regularly adds her articulate curiosity to Critical Incident Reviews. Jane is also a member of ANZGOG, a Consumer Research Panel member, a Consumer Advisor for Peter Mac and the Bowtel Research Laboratory, AI for research and sits on National Trial Management Committees. She has also had involvement with SCV.

Dr Terri Hayes
Medical Oncologist, SouthWest Oncology