Tracking telehealth using Medicare Benefits Scheme data: Psychiatry and Psychology 2019-2021
Presented by: Dr Centaine Snoswell PhD, MPH, BPharm
Dr Snoswell is a Health Economics Research Fellow with the Centre for Health Services Research, focusing on the economic evaluation of telehealth. She is currently working with the NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability to explore the economic efficiency of implementing telehealth initiatives in Australia.
Since the start of the pandemic telehealth use has increased in Australia. Using national data from the Medicare Benefits Scheme we can track telehealth service provision and describe the changes in use over time. Here we will specifically examine Psychiatry and Psychology service provision before and after the pandemic started (2019-2021) using both descriptive statistics and time-series analysis.
Panelists this month include:
- Dr Zena Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Psychological Society
- Dr Urska Arnautovska, Psychologist, UQ Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Anthony Smith, Director, Centre for Online Health, CHSR (Webinar Chairperson)
- Associate Professor Liam Caffery, Telehealth Technology Director, Centre for Online Health (Webinar Moderator)
Time:
- 12:30pm – 1:00pm (Seminar Presentation)
- 1:00pm – 1:20pm (Panel Discussion)
Please note this meeting is a Zoom Only Webinar.
Connect using the following link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/86132930883
Participants are encouraged to send their questions through to enquiries@coh.uq.edu.au prior to the seminar for the panel members to address during the panel discussion.