The Townsville, Cairns and Mackay hospitals along with Queensland's North West Hospital and Health Service have got together to trial a telehealth model allowing patients in rural and remote parts of the state to take part in cancer drug clinical trials.

The model, developed by Townsville Hospital and Health Service oncologist and well-known cancer telehealth pioneer Sabe Sabesan, who also runs the Townsville tele-chemotherapy monitoring service, will allow North Queenslanders to have access to drug trials from national and international trial groups.