Informatics can improve aged care
Editorial by Professor Johanna Westbrook
Professor Johanna Westbrook, Director of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, wrote in Croakey.org about the potential for informatics to effectively and quickly improve aged care services. Professor Westbrook appeared at The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Darwin on 11 July 2019.
A full transcript of the day can be found here, Professor Westbrook's appearance begins on page 37 of the word document.
Listen to an extract from Professor Westbrook's appearance here, responding to a question from Commissioner Ms Lynelle Briggs AO regarding the sector's preparedness to implement IT systems to improve care.
Harnessing the enormous power of informatics to create systems that use the data often already at hand, could make a difference in the individual lives of older Australians and their carers
Read the full article from Croakey.org here.
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