The ADHA Is Casting Far And Wide For #myHealthRecord Use Cases That Might Be Making A Difference

This appeared last week. Technology brings better health care to one of the most remote communities in the world Published 25 May 2021 In one of the most remote communities in the world, the Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara in Western Australia, telehealth and the use of My Health Record have transformed health care delivery. Tjuntjuntjara is 650km north east of Kalgoorlie in the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia. There are about 160 people living at Tjuntjuntjara - they speak a southern variety of the Pitjantjatjara language and identify as belonging to a group of people known as Pilangu ṟu, meaning ‘from the spinifex plains’. For the last 10 years, the Aboriginal community-controlled Spinifex Health Service in Tjuntjuntjara has had a fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) GP and other health professionals through the Adelaide-based Kakarrara Wilurrara Health Alliance (KWHA). With the advent of COVID-19 and the closure of the Western Australian border to the... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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