• Sabe Sabesan.
• Tropical Centre for Telehealth Practice and Research, Townsville Cancer Centre, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• Aust J Rural Health. 2015 Feb 1; 23 (1): 19-23.

ObjectiveDisparities in outcomes are experienced between people who live in rural and remote areas and those who live in larger cities. This paper explores the ability to deliver specialist cancer care through the use of telehealth models.DesignReview of telehealth models for cancer care.Setting, Participants And InterventionCancer patients in rural, remote and Indigenous communities who receive their care through telehealth.Outcome Measures And ResultsTelehealth models seem to be applicable to all fields of oncology and all health professionals. These models not only facilitate the provision of specialist services closer to home in an acceptable, safe and cost-effective manner, but also help expand the rural scope of practice and enhance service capabilities at rural centres.ConclusionNew models of telehealth are another avenue to help further decrease the disparity of access and survival outcomes between rural and urban patients. Implementation of these models requires health system wide approach for development key performance indicators and allocation of resources.© 2015 National Rural Health Alliance Inc.

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