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. 2026 Mar 7.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-41742-6. Online ahead of print.

Co-designed principles for establishment of a virtual hospital

Olivia J Fisher  1   2   3 , Belinda Moshi  4 , Kelly McGrath  4   5 , Andrew Barron  4   6 , Shanthi Kanagarajah  7 , Ian Smith  8 , Sue-Ellen Smith  9 , Elizabeth Martin  10   11   12 , Wendell Cockshaw  5 , Caroline Grogan  4   12
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Co-designed principles for establishment of a virtual hospital

Olivia J Fisher et al. Sci Rep. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: Authors A.B., S-E.S. and I.S. are employees of the funder, UnitingCare Queensland. A.B. and S-E.S. had a direct role in implementation of the virtual hospital. No financial or other benefit other than the authors’ usual salary was received from UnitingCare Queensland. All intellectual property relating to this research is owned by Wesley Research Institute. UnitingCare Queensland has no ownership of intellectual property and no access to data created during this study. The other authors have no competing interests to declare. STROBE Guideline: This manuscript complies with the relevant EQUATOR reporting guideline: the Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) Statement.

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