Australia's ageing population and its growing expectations for quality aged care services will have far-reaching impacts on service providers. [ + ]

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it is that we cannot keep referring to old procedures, data and technology and expect them to be what is required to keep us safe now.

I recently attended an Aged Care IT Summit in Sydney where I moderated a panel discussion on the future of aged care and there were many interesting points that were raised.

With Australia's aging population set to rapidly accelerate over the next ten years, the demand for and pressure on aged care services both in residential aged care facilities and within home-based support programs is expected to increase exponentially. [ + ]

A nurse's role is complex as it continues to expand and change in response to modern healthcare demands. However, the qualities that make the most difference to patients — confidence, competence, and compassion — remain the same. [ + ]

In Australia, patients will suffer from an estimated 165,000 healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) each year. [ + ]

Scroll air compressors have been around for decades but it wasn't until recently that they became a major player in the compressed air industry. [ + ]

Since its debut in 2003, Power over Ethernet (PoE) has steadily and slowly earned its place in the ITC network. [ + ]

Workflow and process improvements have always been an important consideration for healthcare organisations (HCOs). [ + ]

Global events of the last two years and their effects on the health and aged care sectors have meant that nurses, clinicians and operational teams all over the world have been required to surpass the expectations anyone ever imagined. [ + ]

Buildings have a complex infrastructure of systems, just as the human body has a complex anatomy of parts that interact to form a functional unit. Central to the human body is the nervous system, but could a healthcare facility have a central nervous system? It certainly can. [ + ]

Many of us are now far too familiar with QR codes after the past 2 years of COVID measures and are also comfortable with using them in our daily lives to access information about events, or documents, or as part of tickets and so on. [ + ]

You may be familiar with terms like the "digital front door" or eForms — the process of IT teams scanning your existing paper-based forms and booklets into an electronic copy. [ + ]

Healthcare today is marked by its technology-enabled reach, with providers extending coverage to more locations and in a wider variety of ways than ever before. [ + ]

Today, cleaning is not just about appearance — it’s about cleaning for health. In medical and aged care facilities, staff, customers and guests want assurance that cleaning programs effectively prevent the spread of infectious diseases without negatively impacting their wellbeing and the planet. [ + ]