June Heinrich (CEO of Baptist Community Services) and Greg Mundy (CEO of ACSA) both
championed IT as the major cost saving device for making ageing in place a financial possibility.
The simple argument was that monitors in ILUs will stall the need for qualified staff to be
available on the floor. This will require a high grade communications backbone that new
services can be bolted onto as the technology becomes available or affordable.
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Mirus Australia: 57% not confident about their aged care home’s data handling
Just over half of respondents who attended a webinar hosted by the aged care advisory group disagreed with the statement they have proper applications in place managing their data safety and have no manual processes. The same survey by Mirus...