Pioneering Specialist Healthcare Across Regional Western Australia
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A waiting room spanning 880,000 square kilometres
For 28 years, TeleMed has been redefining what is possible in regional and remote nuclear medicine.
Our patients travel from some of the most isolated communities on Earth, across a catchment spanning more than 880,000 square kilometres. It is an extraordinary geographical challenge - and one that has shaped our approach to medicine for nearly three decades.
From pioneering remote nuclear medicine services to embracing advanced CT cardiac imaging, telehealth and biomarker research, we have continually pushed the boundaries of what specialist healthcare can deliver outside Australia's major cities.
Connected to leading medical institutions and networks of specialist expertise, we bring advanced diagnostic capabilities to communities that might otherwise go without.
Our mission remains as important today as it was 28 years ago: to bridge the distance between regional Australians and world-class specialist healthcare.
Comprehensive range of nuclear medicine studies with SPECT/CT technology at all centres in rural WA.
With over 20 years of experience and research, our team has a special interest in cardiology.
Providing a state-of-the-art private telehealth facility enabling patients access specialist consultants.
Gold standard in bone mineral density measurements. A quick and non invasive way to reliably measure the density of your bones.
Thousands of Kilometres. One Mission.
For 28 years, TeleMed has overcome extraordinary geographical and logistical challenges to deliver advanced nuclear medicine to remote Western Australia.
From the production of medical isotopes at ANSTO in Sydney, across the Nullarbor to Perth, and onwards by air to Kalgoorlie or road to the Mid West or Great Southern, every scan begins with a remarkable journey.
With radioactive tracers losing half their activity every six hours, precision, teamwork and timing are essential.
Discover the people, science and determination behind a service that has spent nearly three decades making advanced healthcare accessible where distance would otherwise make it impossible.
This is the story of TeleMed.
Myocardial Perfusion scans
These scans allow visualisation of blood flow through your heart to detect any areas of poor blood flow or ischemia. They involve a resting phase and a stress phase which allow doctors to compare the blood flow to your heart when you are at rest and when you exercise.
Myocardial Perfusion scans
Bone Scans
These scans are used to find fractures, infections or loosening of prosthetics, or to identify metastatic bone disease.
Bone Scans
Thyroid Scans
A thyroid scan is used to assess the function of your thyroid to see if it is over or under active. It is also used to identify abnormalities such as nodules.
Thyroid Scans
Parathyroid scans
This scan is used to show us the size, shape and location of your 4 parathyroid glands which sit very closely to your thyroid scan in your neck. Like the thyroid gland, the parathyroid glands produce hormones and this scan is used to check if they are over or under active.
Parathyroid scans
Lung Perfusions Scans
Lung perfusion scans are used to detect pulmonary abnormalities such as pulmonary embolisms, bronchial carcinoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Lung Perfusions Scans
Renal Scans
Renal scintigraphy scans are used to evaluate your kidneys’ function, anatomy and drainage of the urinary system to identify any blockages or functional abnormalities.
Renal Scans
HIDA Scans
A HIDA scan, or Hepatobiliary scan is used to capture images of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and small intestine to help diagnose medical conditions related to those organs such as cholecystitis, bile duct blockages, bile leaks and fistulas, or abnormal connections between different organs.
HIDA Scans
Lympho-
scintigraphy
Lymphoscintigraphy is an imaging technique used to identify the lymph drainage and lymph nodes that drain tumours in your lymphatic system. Radiotracer flow through the lymphatic system can also help identify points of blockages or lymphedema.
Lympho-
scintigraphy
Gated blood pool scan
A Gated Heart Pool Scan is a scan that helps determine how efficiently a part of your heart called the ventricles is contracting.
Gated blood pool scan
Infection Scans
A Gallium Scan is used to detect and assess the extent of any infections in the body, as well as certain types of cancer such as Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Sarcoidosis.
Infection Scans
Bone Mineral Density Scans (DEXA)
A DEXA Bone Mineral Density Scan is determines how rich your bones are in minerals such as calcium and phosphorus. The higher the mineral content, the denser and stronger your bones are
Bone Mineral Density Scans (DEXA)
Body Composition Scans (DEXA)
A DEXA body composition scan is used to determine relative masses of fat, muscle and bone to provide insight into your body composition and improve fitness outcomes. You do not need a referral from a doctor to book this scan.
Body Composition Scans (DEXA)
A full suite of additional nuclear medicine examinations are available.
Please contact our team for further information.
Pushing the boundaries
Every week, an extraordinary journey unfolds across Australia to deliver access to advanced medical imaging in regional and remote communities of Western Australia.
What began as an ambitious effort to bring sophisticated nuclear medicine technology to regional Western Australia has grown into a service with a remarkable history of innovation, perseverance and clinical achievement. Along the way, our work has received recognition through the Telstra Business Awards, Westpac Businesses of Tomorrow and 40under40 business awards.
More recently, we have expanded our diagnostic capabilities to include advanced CT coronary angiography and low-dose CT lung screening, bringing further metropolitan-level imaging services within reach of rural patients. Today, TeleMed continues to connect remote Western Australians with specialist expertise, advanced imaging technology and leading centres of medical excellence.
The technology may be sophisticated. The logistics may be extraordinary. But our purpose has always been simple: distance should not determine access to quality healthcare.
It begins with nuclear science.
Crossing a Continent by Air.
Lab expertise. The race against time.
Where science meets patient care.
The origins of the medical isotope at ANSTO in Sydney. Show footage of the reactor, isotope production and packaging.
The journey across the Nullarbor to Perth, followed by the carefully coordinated preparation and dispatch to Kalgoorlie.
Inside the specialist radiopharmacy laboratory, skilled scientists prepare the medical radioisotopes ready for their time-critical journey.
Advanced SPECT/CT technology and specialist clinical expertise to deliver diagnostic imaging in remote communities.
Clinician Image Access
TeleMed offers specialists access to rural consultant suites and a cloud based RIS/PACS application for clinicians, allied health professionals and sonographers.
All reports of patients you refer to us are available through our online Cloud PACS system. Please click the below link to access your assigned patients, or contact us today to request a login.
OUR PROFILE
TeleMed develops and uses “e‐health” innovations to significantly improve the access to health services of the rural and remote communities in Western Australia.
ACCREDITED PRACTICE
All of our imaging departments have achieved full accreditation against the full suite of standards under Diagnostic Accreditation Imaging Scheme.
AWARDS
TeleMed has been recognised as an organisation which demonstrates innovation, technological achievement and employee engagement at various award events.