Virtual Outpatient Integration for Chronic Disease (VOICeD) allows a child with chronic disease to see multiple healthcare providers in one appointment, via telehealth. The child sees each specialist or care provider individually and a multidisciplinary team meeting can be held to further support individualised and comprehensive care.
VOICeD child development
Initiative Type
Service Improvement
Status
Deliver
Added
Last updated
Summary
Key dates
Jul 2021
Mar 2022
Aim
Child Development Services developed an innovative virtual telehealth service designed to bring specialist developmental services to communities where access is limited. The clinic aimed to provide early identification of children's needs, minimise unnecessary delays for intervention and support timely access to funded supports in some of Queensland's most vulnerable communities.
Benefits
- health equity close to home reducing long waits, bi-directional learning benefits supporting capacity in local communities and in the specialist teams, increasing sustainability within local communities.
- application of an integrated, multidisciplinary telehealth model that can provide efficient, best practice care throughout the state.
Background
High developmental vulnerability exists throughout Queensland with disproportionate vulnerability occurring within our most rural and remote communities (over 50 per cent). Access to tertiary level developmental services is typically limited in these areas, meaning the most vulnerable families are often denied access to specialist services or forced to travel long distances to access care for their children.
