• Jennie Hutton, Veal Michael, Suzanne M Miller, Belinda Baines, Marija Kirjanenko, Loren Sher, Joanna Lawrence, James Boyd, Adam Semciw, Rebecca Jessup, and Jason Talevski.
• Victorian Virtual Emergency Department, The Northern Hospital, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Dec 3.

AbstractOver recent years, emergency telehealth has developed rapidly in Australasia. From the patient's perspective, establishing trust with a healthcare provider is uniquely challenging when using the audio and video modalities commonly used in telehealth. It is crucial to consider how we may improve the delivery of care through this emerging pathway if high-quality care is to be delivered. Several simple techniques have been identified in the literature and can be employed to create trust and improve the patient-provider relationship. These include ensuring privacy and an appropriate setting for the consultation; considering how eye contact and expressions are best used; providing alternative options to telehealth; and clearly identifying names, roles and qualifications. We describe how these methods can best be employed in the virtual emergency care setting.© 2024 The Author(s). Emergency Medicine Australasia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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