Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Primary Care Services: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Austin Byrne:

I think the corporate sector would love it in the morning, in leafy green suburban areas. They would lap it up and we would be sold a pup. Similarly, on the IT side, the notion that tele-medicine is going to revolutionise general practice is not going to happen. It accommodates and facilitates the patient movement. It relocates the interaction. It does not shorten the interaction. It does not provide better outcomes. It does not provide safety. It is largely rolled out on behalf of providers to add an additional value added layer of profit.

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