Taking Connected Care Further
By Holly Foreman
It is well-documented that Connected Care achieves better results for both patients and facilities. In a time when medical facilities and aged care communities must do more with less, simplifying regular touchpoints enables caregivers to improve the quantity and quality of care without increasing resources. Smart medical devices make it possible for a facility to continually monitor patients, thus reducing errors and improving quality of care. However, without integration, health and aged care providers cannot hope to realize the full potential of this technology.
Electronic health records are intended to simplify health care. All too frequently though, they are a patchwork instead of a network. Providers and caregivers waste precious time auditing between systems and making multiple entries, meaning that EHRs could potentially contain errors and omissions.
Adding to the struggle are concerns over staffing and retention levels in health and aged care. The demand for nursing staff is expected to outpace most other industries in the next ten years. And in a post-Covid world where burnout and turnover have already induced staffing shortages, facilities can be ill-prepared to meet current obligations as well as the needs of a growing elderly population.
The solution? By centralizing the connection between all facets of health care, the impacts of staffing levels, workload, and records keeping can be minimized. CareMeda offers a comprehensive connection between every device, patient, family member, medical record, and health professional in the facility.
The CareMeda platform empowers health and aged care facilities. Easy to read dashboards with customizable alerts allow caregivers to focus their energies on caring. Wearable technology, i.e. EKG monitors and bed sensors, give ongoing recorded history for every patient, enabling caregivers to see trends and act decisively.
The CareMeda platform also empowers patients and their families. The ease at which they can connect with family members and include them in medical consultations through one-touch virtual visits improves collaboration and compliance. Family members are afforded peace of mind, the ability to remotely monitor their loved one’s daily progress, and a simple way to connect and keep in touch when distance and time make it otherwise difficult in a health care setting.
By securely integrating every aspect of health care into one centralized dashboard, CareMeda makes it possible for providers and caregivers to truly revolutionize the way they deliver care.
CareMeda invites you to join in ongoing discussion on topics affecting the health care and aged care industries such as:
Staffing shortages
Health records management
Patient and family engagement
Telehealth shortcomings and benefits
Improvements in elder care
Continual vitals monitoring
Hospital-At-Home
Remote care for chronic illness
Self-Triage and Patient Kiosks