Telehealth sustainability after COVID-19 – can you see me by video?
Keshia R. De Guzman
A B * , Centaine L. Snoswell A B and Anthony C. Smith A B C
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ground Floor Building 33, Woolloongabba, Qld 4102, Australia.
B Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
C Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
* Correspondence to: uqkdeguz@uq.edu.au
Australian Health Review 46(5) 642-643 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH22134
Submitted: 24 May 2022 Accepted: 24 May 2022 Published: 17 June 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
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