July 21, 2022
Telehealth trial calls in Māori
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The chief executive of GP collective ProCare says increasing numbers of Māori and Pasifika patients are accessing health care through remote consultations.
Bindi Norwell says ProCare is now up to 1000 consultations through its UnifyHealth telehealth pilot, which s part of the Health Ministry’s digital enablement programme.
She says lockdown conditions have helped people get comfortable with telehealth, and ProCare has been able to deliver the consultations at a subsidised rate.
“They get charged the same amount they would for their local GP and this is what UnifyHealth has really done. It provides that back-end technology so people can feel confident they are still being charged the same amount because what we don’t want is for the cost to be a barrier,” Ms Norwell says.
Bindi Norwell