With most aged care providers having 30 or more software applications across their business, integrating these systems has been a major challenge for the sector – until now.

17 years after software platform Health Metrics began, founder Lisa Papettas (pictured above) is delivering the ‘Holy Grail’ for aged care operators: seamless integration across their multiple software platforms and reducing deployment time from weeks to hours.

Lisa launched Simul Health to deliver innovative technology solutions and consulting services for the health and aged care sectors.

The new brand includes the Interoper8 (I8) platform, a secure data exchange that enables aged care and health care providers to affordably and easily integrate their applications. I8 uses standards such as FHIR that serve to bridge the gap between the aged Care and hospital sectors to deliver continuum of care.

“I think the platform is unique,” said Lisa, who has been newly appointed as CEO of Simul Health, told SATURDAY.

Case in point: Access Telehealth provides year-round care for over 5,000 vulnerable aged care residents across 150 RAC Facilities. The I8 platform seamlessly connects aged care CMS platforms with the Access Platform (TOMSS). Adding a new RAC facility takes minutes. Traditionally, a new CMS on a similar platform would have taken weeks or months to deploy.

“With I8, staff can enter data into one system and the platform moves the data to all other relevant systems – no need to keep building integration,” said Lisa.

Simul recently acquired Smart Health Solutions, a technology platform that delivers secure, cloud-based eHealth solutions for the hospital sector – including clinical and administrative management of chronic healthcare conditions in hospital and the home – which Lisa sees as having applications in the aged care space, especially where it can bridge the care gap for people living in their homes.

The group has also partnered with MediQo Health, an AI-powered software solution for doctors which provides note-taking, referral letters, treatment plans and more – the platform has been adapted for aged care and will be exclusively distributed by Simul.

Steven Strange, co-founder of Health Metrics, advisor and investor commented: “It’s great to see female entrepreneurs like Lisa taking modern technology products to market…incorporating holistic, end-to-end data visibility.”

Simul Health also plans to add several other applications to its portfolio – watch this space.

Steven will be speaking at the LEADERS SUMMIT, 18-19 March in Sydney – register here.