Barriers and facilitators and a unique insight into the patient benefits are discussed between Alexandra, patient advocate, teletrials participant and lung cancer survivor, Sabe Sabesan, medical oncologist from the ICON Cancer Centre in Townsville and co-chair of the Australian Teletrial program and the initial teletrials pilot in 2017-2020, and Craig Underhill, medical oncologist from Border Medical Oncology and Haematology in Albury/Wodonga. Incentive funding and harmonising governance requirements for TeleTrials in Australia will help solve many of these issues and continue to transform the way trials are managed. The benefits for patients and their families are clear and positively impact the future of trials in Australia.

Resources:          https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/COSA:Teleoncology

https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/healthcare-providers/initiatives-and-programs/telehealth

                            https://thoraciconcology.org.au/teletrials/

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