122 - Enabling a healthier hybrid workplace via telehealth - Kirsty Garrett - Doctors on Demand, and Torsten Becht - Rio Tinto

Telehealth, providing secure and convenient care for your patients and employees.   Torsten Becht has fifteen years of experience in the corporate HR and Benefits arena, following a career initially as a Physiotherapist. He leads the design, implementation, governance and continuous improvement of the employee benefits programs for the Rio Tinto APAC region. Torten’s area focuses on health (medical) and pension plans, group risk insurance, health and wellbeing and superannuation.    Kirsty Garrett  is the CEO of Doctors on Demand, a role she achieved in early 2019. She has been in the technology business for over thirty years in leadership roles with leading major ICT organisations, including SAP, HP, Mincom and Fujitsu.   Doctors on Demand is one of Australia’s leading telehealth businesses. It is a virtual care service providing a 24/7 telehealth platform for GPS, mental health and allied health for its consumers and commercial partners. The company was established in 2015 by two pharmacists.   This episode of Talking HealthTech features Kirsty Garrett from Doctors on Demand and Torsten Becht from Rio Tinto APAC region. We have a discussion around telehealth; how is it helping employers to manage absenteeism, presenteeism and retention in the new COVID hybrid workplace?   Tune in to this Talking HealthTech episode to learn how you can improve the lives of your employees with the help of telehealth. Hear how a major company implemented, and has benefited from, virtual primary care for its employees.    Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Doctors on Demand, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.