Many years of telehealth trials with dedicated hardware, software and networks have left the healthcare industry under the impression that universal access to healthcare via telemedicine is only achievable at high financial cost. This is no longer true: consumer internet and consumer hardware devices are now providing higher quality than multi-million-dollar commercial telehealth solutions did just a mere 5 years ago. On the software side, a similar revolution has happened with cloud based video conferencing capabilities now available in the Web browser (our CEO, Dr Silvia Pfeiffer, was in fact a co-editor of standards that developed online video technologies to their current universal availability). Coviu is a highly secure, affordable, and scalable cloud based video consultation solution that enables universal uptake of telemedicine by healthcare practitioners no matter whether they work in a hospital or run their own sole trader business. Coviu is different from standard video conferencing solutions because its virtual treatment rooms are configured to include resources required by healthcare providers, such as consent forms, questionnaires, medical imaging, standardized tests, medical devices, credit card payments, online appointment bookings, and profession-specific resources such as annotated diet plans in dietetics, hearing tests in audiology, or stimulus material in speech pathology. Coviu is a business delivery tool with custom branding capabilities, including an ability to get a custom branded mobile app. Coviu enables you to deliver your services online via a Web application hosted in the cloud. Practitioners of all professions are able to set up a video consultation environment in under 5 minutes and start delivering their services on mobile, desktop and Web platforms in a unified manner.
