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1 The Future of Technology in Community and Aged Care Michael Boyce

2 Telstra Unrestricted Community & Aged Care Sector Key Trends & Issues Links between Health & Aged Care Systems AGEING Population Consumer Empowerment Home Care packages projected to increase from 60k in 2017 to over Over 85s growing from 420k to 1.2M by 2020 by 2022 100k Consumer directed care in aged & disabilities sectors Competition means more focus on cost and quality Elderly patients re-admitted to hospital within a month! 20% Average aged care resident has 9 Medications LASA Presentation | Telstra Health |

3 Telstra Unrestricted LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Aged Care a linked continuum Source: Aged Care Capability Report. Austrade. August 2013.

4 Telstra Unrestricted Ontario Telemedicine Network results from home health monitoring, combined with remote care coordination LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Better Care in the Home Enabling People to Stay at Home for Longer 60% Reduction in hospitalisations 70% reduction in Emergency Department visits 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 ” “

5 Telstra Unrestricted LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Improving Community Care efficiency through better systems Efficient Rostering of Staff Route Optimisation

6 Telstra Unrestricted LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Better links between health and aged care: Improved Medication Management Aged care facility GP Pharmacy Single medication chart GP updates e-medication chart Facility administers based on e-medication chart Pharmacy dispenses from e-medication chart From handwritten medication charts…. …. To a single shared medication record

7 Telstra Unrestricted Better links between Health and Aged Care: Telehealth in Residential Aged Care US telehealth company Teladoc does 11,600 telehealth medical consultations per month LASA Presentation | Telstra Health | Aged care residents see GPs an average of 14 times a year; this is both inconvenient for the GP and disruptive for the patient

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