title: Research funding for telemedicine: an Australian perspective.
abstract: Winning research funding is one of the most difficult challenges faced by researchers, especially with falling success rates and shrinking budgets. Telemedicine researchers can find it especially hard to win funding as they are often researching small changes to the health system that whilst important for patient care are often not as competitive as proposals that promise to cure diseases. In a climate of both tight health funding and tight research funding, telemedicine researchers should emphasise the potential for their research to add value and lower costs in order to increase their chances of winning funding.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia a.barnett@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Adrian G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: Megan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Speech Pathology & Audiology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: Clare L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002202:Capital Financing; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics*
keywords: Telemedicine; telehealth