Coviu targeting private practice with WebRTC platform for online consults

Written by Kate McDonald on 23 May 2016.

Start-up firm Coviu is planning to work with general and medical specialist software vendors to integrate its browser-based telehealth platform into practice management systems, and also plans to develop a payment gateway so doctors can charge for consults from within the Coviu system.

Coviu is a spin-out from Data61, formerly known as NICTA and now part of the CSIRO, and has been working on its WebRTC-based platform for a number of years. WebRTC allows for browser-to-browser video conferencing and exchange of documents and images such as clinical photos without the need to use an extension or download an app like Skype.

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Posted in Australian eHealth

Tags: Telehealth, Coviu, WebRTC

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# Roslyn Mitchelson 2016-05-25 09:42

This is an interesting development but as Dr Pfeiffer was asked at a recent Digital Health summit - what is the reimbursement model for the consult?

# Kate McDonald 2016-05-25 09:50

Hi Roslyn. Dr Pfeiffer said her team was building a billing module within Coviu. Medicare obviously doesn't cover GP to patient telehealth so doctors would be charging a full fee.

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