Telehealth expert and professor of medicine Len Gray has called for a rethink of Australia's telehealth strategies and policy, saying there was still very patchy uptake despite mounting evidence of its value to patients and to health outcomes.

Professor Gray told the Australian Telehealth Conference (ATC 2019) in Brisbane today that a big discussion on telehealth had not taken place since about 2010-11 and Australia was way behind North America and Europe in allowing patients to electronically communicate with healthcare professionals.