Attend Anywhere

Attend Anywhere is a web based video conferencing tool which is used to provide video consultations to patients and service users through virtual clinics known as 'waiting rooms'.[1] It is produced by a not-for-profit organisation within the Australian public health sector based in Melbourne. It is used as part of health-sector or government-coordinated video consulting programmes but is not available for contracts with healthcare providers on an individual basis. In Australia it is available free-of-charge to Australian public hospitals and to most charities and not-for-profit organisations.[2]

The COVID-19 pandemic in England spurred radical shifts to video appointments as most routine outpatient appointments were cancelled. Attend Anywhere was installed across NHS organisations in England in March 2020 with backing from NHSX and by May 2020 had been used for more than 79,000 consultations. It was already widely used in Scotland and Wales. [3] The system allows patients to see a clinician via a secure, pre-arranged video call. Patients can use a computer, smartphone or tablet.[4]

The software has enabled four times as many virtual contacts to face-to-face contacts in community stroke and acquired brain injury teams in South Wales.[5]

References
  1. "HSE in Donegal encouraging patients to use 'Attend Anywhere'". Highland Radio. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. "Make Travel Optional". Attend Anywhere. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "Covid sparks boom in digital hospital outpatient appointments". Health Service Journal. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. "Dorset patients can access healthcare from home using the Attend Anywhere video system". Dorset Echo. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. "Health professionals guide people along road to Covid-19 recovery". South Wales Guardian. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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