Centre for Online Health (COH)

The University of Queensland

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The Centre for Online Health has been recognised internationally for its role in research, service delivery and education and training in the fields of telemedicine, telehealth and virtual healthcare. The COH's multidisciplinary team of clinicians, academic researchers, educators, technicians, engineers and administrators brings together a broad mix of skills. The centre's clinically focussed research examinine the feasibility, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and economics of telehealth and telemedicine in a variety of settings.

Website
https://coh.centre.uq.edu.au
Organisation type
  • University Research Centre
Number of research staff
Up to 20 research staff
Address
Building 33, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba QLD 4102

Strengths and capabilities

  • Rural and remote health
  • Chronic disease
  • First Nations health
  • mHealth
  • Health equity and access
  • Nutrition
  • Digital health trust and literacy
  • Telemental Health
  • Teledermatology
  • Workforce
  • Accredited Project Echo Replication Hub (Tele-mentoring)

Lead researchers

  • Professor Anthony Smith: World leading academic in telehealth; Established MBS funding for telehealth; Editor of Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Achievements of the centre

  • Wrote the telehealth technical guidelines for the Australian MBS item numbers
  • Host centre for the Centre for Research Excellence in Telehealth funded by the National Health Medical Research Council (2013-2019)
  • Established the telehealth centre based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane
  • Developed evidence-based telehealth practice guidelines (dietetics, dermatology)
  • Developed and validated a Digital Health Acceptability Questionnaire
  • Published one of the first papers on COVID-19 and telehealth
  • Won Engagement Australia's Excellence in Indigenous Engagement award (2021)
  • Accredited Project Echo Replication Hub (Tele-mentoring)

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