Anthony C Smith

ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-5136
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Research Areas
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Electronic Health Records Systems

The University of Queensland
2016-2025

University of Southern Denmark
2016-2025

Princess Alexandra Hospital
2015-2025

Odense University Hospital
2016-2025

Gold Coast Hospital
2024

University of Leicester
2003-2024

University of North Florida
2024

University of the Sunshine Coast
2022-2023

Arkansas Department of Agriculture
2023

Hudson Institute
2023

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is again reminding us of the importance using telehealth to deliver care, especially as a means reducing risk cross-contamination caused by close contact. For be effective part an emergency response it first needs become routinely used our health system. Hence, time step back and ask why not mainstreamed. In this article, we highlight key requirements for occur. Strategies ensure that regularly in acute, post-acute situations,...

10.1177/1357633x20916567 article EN other-oa Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2020-03-20

Background Telehealth represents an opportunity for Australia to harness the power of technology redesign way health care is delivered. The potential benefits telehealth include increased accessibility care, productivity gains providers and patients through reduced travel, cost savings, develop culturally appropriate services that are more sensitive needs special populations. uptake has been hindered at times by clinician reluctance policies preclude metropolitan populations from accessing...

10.2196/17298 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020-10-19

Healthcare systems require a paradigm shift in the way healthcare services are delivered to counteract demographic changes patient populations, expanding technological developments and increasing complexity of healthcare. Participatory design (PD) is methodology that promotes participation users process potential telehealth applications. A PD project can be divided into four phases including: identification analysis participant needs; generation ideas development prototypes; testing further...

10.1177/1357633x16686747 article EN Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2016-12-27

The 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has resulted in tremendous growth telehealth services Australia and around the world. rapid uptake of mainly been due to necessity - following social distancing requirements need reduce risk transmission. Although available for many decades, COVID-19 experience heightened awareness amongst health service providers, patients society overall. With increased jurisdictions during pandemic, it is timely important consider what role will have post-pandemic....

10.1177/1357633x20960638 article EN other-oa Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2020-09-26

Since the COVID-19 pandemic onset, there has been exponential growth in uptake of telehealth, globally. However, evidence suggests that people living lower socioeconomic areas, cultural and linguistically diverse communities, with disabilities, low health literacy are less likely to receive telehealth services. These population groups have disproportionately higher needs face additional barriers healthcare access. Barriers reduce access further exacerbate existing gaps care delivery. To...

10.1177/1357633x221107995 article EN Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2022-06-22

After the recent successful isolation of spiral organisms from stomach this paper presents bacteriological and pathological correlation gastric antral biopsies 51 patients endoscopied for upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Campylobacter pyloridis was cultured 29 seen by either silver staining biopsy or scanning electron microscopy in an additional three. The organism 23 33 (69%) with peptic ulcer disease within group 17 (80%) 21 duodenal ulceration. It only once 12 normal series but 27 38...

10.1136/gut.26.11.1183 article EN Gut 1985-11-01

The aim of this study was to investigate regional variation in the characteristics, incidence and outcomes out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) Australia New Zealand.This a population-based cohort OHCA using data from Aus-ROC Australian Zealand Epistry over period 01 January 2015-31 December 2015. Seven ambulance services contributed with capture population 19.8 million people. All attended by ambulance, regardless aetiology or patient age, were included.In 2015, there 19,722 cases recorded...

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.02.029 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Resuscitation 2018-03-02

Telemedicine can help improve access to health care for people in rural and remote communities, but its uptake has been slow fragmented. A telepaediatric service Queensland, initiated 2000, made use of mobile "robot" videoconferencing systems. It cost-effective well accepted by patients clinicians. Telegeriatric services were instigated Queensland 2005, principally using videoconferencing. Telegeriatrics ideal frail older areas. For telemedicine become a mainstream service, focus must move...

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02255.x article EN The Medical Journal of Australia 2009-01-01

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether Brief Mobile Treatment (BMT) intervention could improve outcomes relative usual care among suicide attempters. The included training in problem solving therapy, meditation, brief increase social support as well advice on alcohol and other drugs, mobile phone follow-up. effect of the was measured terms reduction suicidal ideation, depression self-harm at Baseline, six 12 months. A wait-list control group received care. total 68...

10.1258/jtt.2012.sft107 article EN Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2012-02-23

In March 2020, the Australian Government added new temporary telehealth services to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) reduce risk of patient–patient and patient–clinician transmission 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19). Here, MBS statistics for general practitioner activity associated costs are described; a small increase in both items were observed. The opportunities future research policy implications also discussed.

10.1071/ah20183 article EN cc-by Australian Health Review 2020-01-01

Surveys are a common method for assessing patient and clinician perceptions, attitudes outcomes of telehealth. However, inadequacies in both the conduct reporting survey studies telehealth research. This article provides clinicians researchers with practical guidance on appropriate selection, use tools We identify instruments used research, methods to assess validity psychometric properties tools. Enhancing quality research is important improve our understanding which telehealth-supported...

10.1177/1357633x17721814 article EN Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2017-07-20

Information and communications technology has become central to the way in which health services are provided. Technology-enabled healthcare often described as eHealth, or more recently, digital health. Practitioners may require new knowledge, skills competencies make best use of while universities be a logical place provide such education training, study 2012 found that workforce was not being adequately educated achieve competence work with eHealth. We revisited eHealth training Australian...

10.1177/1357633x18793282 article EN Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2018-10-22
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