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The Future of Technology in Community and Aged Care Michael Boyce Community & Aged Care Sector Key Trends & Issues Consumer Empowerment Consumer directed care in aged & disabilities sectors Competition means more focus on cost and quality AGEING Population Over 85s growing from 420k to 1.2M by 2020 Links between Health & Aged Home Care packages Care Systems projected to increase from 60k in 2017 to 20% Elderly patients re-admitted to hospital within a month! over Average aged care resident 100k by 2022 has 9 Medications LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Aged Care a linked continuum Source: Aged Care Capability Report. Austrade. August 2013. LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Better Care in the Home Enabling People to Stay at Home for Longer Ontario Telemedicine Network results from home health monitoring, combined with remote care coordination 60% “ A study of 813 people with Congestive Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease found that for every $1 invested in telemedicine, $5 in hospital costs were avoided Reduction in hospitalisations 70% reduction in Emergency Department visits ” LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Improving Community Care efficiency through better systems Route Optimisation Efficient Rostering of Staff LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Better links between health and aged care: Improved Medication Management From handwritten medication charts…. …. To a single shared medication record GP updates e-medication chart GP Facility administers based on e-medication chart Aged care facility Single medication chart Pharmacy dispenses from e-medication chart Pharmacy LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Better links between Health and Aged Care: Telehealth in Residential Aged Care Aged care residents see GPs an average of 14 times a year; this is both inconvenient for the GP and disruptive for the patient US telehealth company Teladoc does 11,600 telehealth medical consultations per month LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Telstra Unrestricted Thank you