Tele-examination service for aged care trialled in Canberra

ACT-based residential aged care provider Goodwin Aged Care Services is working with GP clinic Next Practice Deakin on a new trial of remote monitoring technology to allow GPs to conduct physical consults remotely.

The technology provides aged care nurses with a suite of tools that allow examination of the ears, nose, lungs, heart, throat, skin, abdomen and temperature, which is controlled and reviewed remotely by the GP in real-time.