Why connected healthcare is more important than ever

By ahhb
Tuesday, 15 December, 2015

The way healthcare is delivered is changing. Telstra Health is embracing that change to work with providers,patients, health workers and governments to build a better connected health system.

The complexity of an ageing population, increasing prevalence of chronic illness and unsustainable, rising costs means that, regardless of the role you play in the healthcare system, technology has never had a more important role to make healthcare easier for you.
However in order to realise the promise of lower costs, increased convenience, better experiences and improved productivity, technology needs to have not just innovation - but also integration. Integration will remove silos and see technology designed to match the patient experience across all parts of the health system.
That’s why Telstra Health has acquired and partnered with 18 digital health companies that deliver solutions across the health system, including hospital and aged care, and is working to integrate them to create new solutions. Telstra Health strength lies not only in the world class solutions it can offer but its unique access to mechanisms to integrate those solutions to connect the health system.
It’s the best of both worlds combining a team that includes clinicians, policy and strategy experts, engineers and technology developers with Telstra’s heritage in networks and data security. Solutions are co-developed in partnership with customers to ensure that design and functionality meet the unique needs of Australia’s health system.
Connected healthcare solutions
Clinical data management
Telstra Health offer integrated patient administration, electronic medical record and medication management systems for hospital, residential aged care and community care. Through automation and integration, they can reduce administration workload, avoid duplication and reduce errors. This offers providers the opportunity to realise efficiency savings, manage compliance risk and ensure long term sustainability.
Home health monitoring
Integrated solutions, including the unique MyCareManager, provide patient management, medical monitoring devices and telemedicine. They offer the opportunity for improved medication management and compliance as well as real time alerts if medical observations fall outside of a desired range. The bundling of complementary solutions allows the integration of health management into social e-systems that support clients at all levels of the self care continuum.
Health analytics
Quality can be measured through the world class Dr Foster health informatics solution, providing risk adjusted variation to allow true comparison of patient outcomes. The HealthIQ solution analyses hospital data to help you better understand patient flow and optimise processes and outcomes.
Telemedicine
With developed telemedicine platforms for GP (ReadyCare) and specialists and allied health providers (Anywhere Healthcare), Telstra Health can bring convenience and accessibility to care for both patients and staff. These solutions can be delivered independently or bundled with other solutions to extend usability, reach and outcomes.