The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will review arrangements for the transfer of care of acute inpatients and release a plan to inform the future directions for telehealth as part of new initiatives detailed in its policy and funding guidelines for the coming year.

Under the transfer of care review, eight Victorian health services will trial the use of technology to share patient records with GPs after a hospital stay, and DHHS also plans to begin a trial of a new funding model for integrated care called HealthLinks: Chronic Care (HLCC).