Volume 221 · Issue 11 · Supplement
Virtual care: supporting acute care service delivery in rural and remote communities
The Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a hybrid virtual model of care designed to improve health access and outcomes in rural and remote communities
The VRGS has an important role in providing continuous medical coverage to complement the local visiting medical officer workforce in rural and remote hospitals
Shannon Nott · Georgia Wingfield · Amelia Haigh · Georgina M Luscombe · Anna E Thompson · Emily Saurman · Tim Shaw · Amy Von Huben · Kirsten Howard · Andrew Wilson
Health service access and quality of care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a retrospective analysis of linked administrative data
The VRGS can complement and enhance the delivery of medical care in rural and remote communities with limited medical services
Georgina M Luscombe · Andrew Wilson · Amanda J Ampt · Amy Von Huben · Kirsten Howard · Clare Coleman · Georgia Wingfield · Shannon Nott
Clinician experiences of a hybrid virtual medical service supporting rural and remote hospitals: a qualitative study
The Virtual Rural Generalist Service model effectively fills medical service gaps and makes rural medical and nursing positions more attractive and sustainable
Anna E Thompson · Emily Saurman · Shannon Nott · Andrew Wilson · Tim Shaw
Patient and carer experiences of hospital‐based hybrid virtual medical care: a qualitative study
Patients and carers who experience hospital-based virtual care perceive that it can provide good quality medical care and meet many of their needs
Anna E Thompson · Tim Shaw · Shannon Nott · Andrew Wilson · Emily Saurman
An economic evaluation of the Virtual Rural Generalist Service versus usual care in Western NSW Local Health District
Ongoing additional investment in data capture and nursing and technical staff is required to support the VRGS
Amy Von Huben · Anna E Thompson · Andrew Wilson · Georgina M Luscombe · Amelia Haigh · Kirsten Howard · Emily Saurman · Tim Shaw · Georgia Wingfield · Amanda J Ampt · Shannon Nott
Barriers, facilitators and next steps for sustaining and scaling virtual hospital services in Australia: a qualitative descriptive study
As virtual hospital services become more mainstream, gaps in evidence and practice must be addressed by future research and policy changes to maximise the benefits
Nicki Newton · Kavisha Shah · Miranda Shaw · Emma Charlston · Melissa T Baysari · Angus Ritchie · Chenyao Yu · Adam Johnston · Jagdev Singh · Meredith Makeham · Sarah Norris · Liliana Laranjo · Clara K Chow · Tim Shaw
Defining a core set of research and development priorities for virtual care in the post‐pandemic environment: a call to action
Demonstrating the value of virtual care models while also highlighting improvements in health outcomes will future-proof virtual care, enabling it to continue to address broader challenges of health care delivery
Kavisha Shah · Nicki Newton · Emma Charlston · Miranda Shaw · Jagdev Singh · Adam Johnston · Owen Hutchings · Chenyao Yu · Pearl Wang · Aaron Jones · Angus Ritchie · Rebecca Davis · Fiona Robinson · Jennifer A Alison · Melissa T Baysari · Meredith Makeham · Sarah Norris · Liliana Laranjo · Emma Nicholls · Clara K Chow · Tim Shaw