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Bringing Telehealth to Residential Aged Care Facilities Resident benefits • Provides access to high quality specialists using telehealth • Reduces need for inconvenient travel • Supports ongoing relationship with a geriatrician • Provides customised care by a team of specialists, GPs and RACF staff. GP benefits • Permits easy access to a geriatrician and future specialist panel • Shares responsibility for resident care • Simplifies program of geriatric care without negatively impacting on billing capacity • Maintains clinical relationship with the patient • Supports skill acquisition and specialisation in the geriatric field • Reduces requirement for heavy visitation schedule. Geriatrician benefits • Remuneration at least equivalent to other practice environments • Case load includes an average of one comprehensive assessment per week • State-of-the-art virtual clinic with video conferencing solutions with a proven capacity to host clinical consultations • Part of a research program improving aged care services. Contact Us RES-e-CARE Phone: +61 7 3176 5530 Email: [email protected] Web: www.resecare.com.au RACF benefits • Access to high quality specialists • Participation in a collaborative care network • Use of purpose designed online clinical software and support tools • Access to a system of care based on comprehensive geriatric assessments • Establishment of strong clinical relationships with health professionals • Enhancement of ACFI processes • Reduction in transportation and supervisory costs associated with off-site consultations • Provision of structured care planning • Recognition as a supplier of high level specialist care. 1834

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Bringing Telehealth to Residential Aged Care Facilities

Resident benefits• Providesaccesstohighqualityspecialistsusing telehealth

• Reducesneedforinconvenienttravel

• Supportsongoingrelationshipwithageriatrician

• Providescustomisedcarebyateamofspecialists,GPs and RACF staff.

GP benefits• Permitseasyaccesstoageriatricianandfuturespecialistpanel

• Sharesresponsibilityforresidentcare

• Simplifiesprogramofgeriatriccarewithoutnegativelyimpactingonbillingcapacity

• Maintainsclinicalrelationshipwiththepatient

• Supportsskillacquisitionandspecialisationinthegeriatricfield

• Reducesrequirementforheavyvisitationschedule.

Geriatrician benefits• Remunerationatleastequivalenttootherpracticeenvironments

• Caseloadincludesanaverageofonecomprehensiveassessmentperweek

• State-of-the-artvirtualclinicwithvideoconferencingsolutionswithaprovencapacitytohostclinicalconsultations

• Partofaresearchprogramimprovingagedcareservices.

Contact UsRES-e-CARE

Phone: +61 7 3176 5530 Email: [email protected] Web: www.resecare.com.au

RACF benefits• Accesstohighqualityspecialists

• Participationinacollaborativecarenetwork

• Useofpurposedesignedonlineclinicalsoftwareand support tools

• Accesstoasystemofcarebasedoncomprehensivegeriatricassessments

• Establishmentofstrongclinicalrelationshipswithhealth professionals

• EnhancementofACFIprocesses

• Reductionintransportationandsupervisorycostsassociatedwithoff-siteconsultations

• Provisionofstructuredcareplanning

• Recognitionasasupplierofhighlevelspecialistcare.

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Innovations in Geriatric Clinical CareResidentsinagedcarefacilitieswillsoonbenefitfromspecialistgeriatrictelehealthservices.Thefederalgovernmentsupportsinitiativesthatprovidekeyclinicalservicesusingtelehealth.TheUniversityofQueenslandiscoordinatingaservicemodelthatsupportscomprehensivegeriatrictelehealthassessmentsusingvideoconferencing.

The CHRS's CentreforOnlineHealth(COH)andTheAgeing and Geriatric Medicine Program,havetestedtheuseofhighdefinitionmobilewirelessvideoconsultationsbetweenspecialistsandResidentialAgedCareFacilities(RACFs),andhavedevelopedprotocolstosupportgeriatriccareusingtelehealth.

RES-e-CAREprovidesregulargeriatricconsultationswithparticipatingRACFs,whichisfullysupportedbypurposebuiltvideoconferencingstudios,high-qualityelectronicdatasystemsandclinicalsupportstaff trained in telehealth. RES-e-CARE addresses the needs of geriatricians,general practitionersand RACF staff.

Clinical Arrangements RES-e-CARE is designed toenhance,support andsimplifyclinicalcareof residents in RACFs.

RES-e-CARE offers:

• Clinicalsupportbyageriatrician

- comprehensivegeriatricassessments

- caseconferencing

- healthcaremanagement

- advancedcareplanning

• Weeklyorfortnightlytelehealthconsultationsessions

• On-siteconsultations

• Schedulingandreportingprocesses

• Trainingandsupportforon-sitenurseassessorstopreparecases

• FacilitationofprofessionalrelationshipsbetweenGPs,nursingstaff,specialistsandalliedhealthprofessionals

• Accesstoclinicaldecisionsupportsoftwaresystems.

Service DevelopmentFutureserviceenhancementsincludethecreationofatelehealthspecialistpanelintroducingmedicalspecialistslikepsychiatrists,dermatologists,cardiologistsandendocrinologistsintoresidentialagedcarefacilities.Alliedhealthprofessionalssuchasspeechpathologists,occupationaltherapistsandphysiotherapistswillalsoofferservicesin RES-e-CARE.

The Ageing and Geriatric Medicine ProgramTheAgeing and Geriatric Medicine Program, part of the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR), isamongthemostsuccessfulgeriatricmedicineresearchorganisationsinAustralia.Establishedin2002 (as The Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine),ithasdevelopedareputationforinnovativesystemsofcare,informationtechnologyandtelemedicinetoadvanceaccessandqualityofspecialistagedcareservices.ItishometotheAustralianinterRAICoordinatingCentre.

Centre for Online HealthTheCentreforOnlineHealth(COH)isrecognisedinternationallyforitsroleinresearch,servicedeliveryandeducationandtraininginthefieldsoftelemedicine,telehealthande-Healthcare. Establishedin1999,COH’sprimaryresearchexaminesthefeasibility,efficacy,clinicaleffectivenessandeconomicsoftelehealthandtelemedicineinavarietyofsettings. Italsoactsasaclinicalcoordinatoroftelemedicineservices.

ServiceRES-e-CAREoffersafullyinclusiveservice,featuringcustomisedtelehealthequipment,remotemonitoringandtechnicalsupport.ItalsoprovidestheclinicalcoordinationofgeriatriciansandothercliniciansfordeliveringtelehealthconsultationstoRACFs.