Primary and community care initiatives
Nineteen providers received support for initiatives to improve access to general practice, and other community health services.
Projects included the remote monitoring of high blood pressure, blood glucose levels, cardiovascular disease and uric acid; using telehealth from home or providing local digital health hubs so people can digitally access services in bigger centres; providing culturally relevant information for people who are pregnant or have young babies; testing for health conditions; providing digital interpreter services, capacity planning and symptom collection for general practice; online enrolment in general practice, co designing to improve access to health and wellbeing services for island communities; and using tablet computers to monitor the health of older people.