Reliq Health Technologies Announces Go-Live with Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations (RFDS) in Australia
December 20 2019 - 6:00AM
Reliq Health Technologies Inc. (TSXV:RHT or
OTCQB:RQHTF) (“
Reliq” or the
“
Company”), a technology company that develops
innovative mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine solutions for
the community-based healthcare market, is pleased to announce the
go-live of its pilot with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Central
Operations (RFDS) in Australia.
“We are very excited to be live in Australia
with the RFDS,” said Dr. Lisa Crossley, CEO of Reliq Health
Technologies, Inc. “Australia has a large remote and rural
population, and patients with chronic conditions living in remote
communities have a higher rate of hospitalizations and death than
their urban counterparts. We look forward to working with the RFDS
to enhance access to care and improve health outcomes for remote
and rural populations in Australia.”
The RFDS (www.flyingdoctor.org.au) is one of the
largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the
world, providing extensive primary health care and 24-hour
emergency service to people over an area of 7.69 million square
kilometres. In 2017 over 336,000 patient encounters occurred
through RFDS primary health clinics, aeromedical transports and
telehealth consultations. The challenges of health access outside
Australia’s cities make the RFDS vital to those who live, work and
travel in rural and remote Australia.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Dr. Lisa Crossley”
CEO and Director
ABOUT THE RFDS
Established in 1928 by the Reverend John Flynn
(Australian $20 bill), the RFDS is the largest and most
comprehensive aeromedical organisation in the world. In addition to
24/7 aeromedical retrievals of the critically-ill or injured, the
RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential primary and
preventative health care services, including tele-health, mental
health, oral health and chronic disease management. Today, the RFDS
provides the finest care to more than 300,000 Australians each year
– equivalent to one person every two minutes.
In addition to assisting those living, working
and travelling in rural and remote Australia, the RFDS also
delivers critical support to those who live in urban centres. This
includes the regular transfer of patients to interstate hospitals
for life-saving surgery such as organ transplant and heart surgery
on newborn babies.
The RFDS is a not-for-profit organisation. While
supported by Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, the
RFDS relies on bequests, sponsorships and donations to bridge the
gap in its operational funding and to purchase its ‘flying
intensive care units’ at a cost of more than $7 million each. RFDS
Central Operations is responsible for delivering 24/7 emergency
aeromedical and essential primary health care services throughout
South Australia and the southern half of the Northern Territory. It
operates four aeromedical bases located in Adelaide, Port Augusta,
Alice Springs and Darwin, as well as three primary health care
facilities in Marree, Andamooka and Marla in outback South
Australia.
About Reliq HealthReliq Health
Technologies is a healthcare technology company that specializes in
developing innovative software solutions for the Community Care
market. Reliq’s powerful iUGO Care platform supports care
coordination and community-based healthcare. iUGO Care allows
complex patients to receive high quality care at home and in the
community setting, improving health outcomes, enhancing quality of
life for patients and families and reducing the cost of care
delivery. iUGO Care provides real-time access to remote patient
monitoring data, allowing for timely interventions by the care team
to prevent costly hospital readmissions and ER visits. Reliq Health
Technologies trades on the TSX Venture under the symbol RHT and on
the OTCQB as RQHTF.
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