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Our Australia Pacific team were thrilled to participate in the recent Digital Health Festival 2024 in Melbourne. We showcased the incredible value that New Zealand companies are bringing to the Australian #HealthTech market. Our lineup included innovative solutions from some of the best in the business: ➡️ Spritely – Making telemonitoring simple, equitable and scalable for healthcare providers. ➡️ ARANZ Medical - Pioneering in advanced medical imaging and measurement solutions. ➡️ oDocs Eye Care - Providing accessible and affordable eye care diagnostics. ➡️ Flintfox - Intelligent Pricing Platform - Delivering real-time pricing and revenue management solutions. ➡️ CBS - Health Costing Experts - Specializing in health costing and financial analytics. ➡️ Wofo - Streamlining medical staffing and workforce management. ➡️ Clearhead - Enhancing mental health through digital therapy and support. ➡️ Florence Digital - Transforming healthcare communication and coordination. ➡️ Core Schedule - Simplifying medical scheduling for improved efficiency. ➡️ Odin Health - Innovating in healthcare data and patient management. ➡️ Orion Health - Leading in healthcare integration and interoperability. ➡️ STREAMLINERS - Improving healthcare documentation and knowledge sharing. We explored new frontiers in digital health and strengthened our trans-Tasman collaboration! Together, we're making healthcare smarter, more efficient, and accessible for all. See Tomorrow First Hamish Campbell Maria Woods Robert M. Tanan Zorigt #SeeTomorrowFirst #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #DigitalHealthFestival2024 #Innovation #TechForGood

--Capacity constraints require the health system to do more with less--   Health, quite obviously, is an area of increasing demand. This demand, as Paul McBeth highlights, is insatiable (click link to read full article with  references).   Our growing and ageing population makes this a certainty for the next few decades at least. When demand for essential health services outstrips our ability to meet that demand, we have a capacity issue.   This is nothing new. The health system always operates within constraints that limit its ability to meet demand. We all experience capacity constraints. When we can’t remove them, we learn to operate as best we can within them.   When a health system is overly constrained it can lead to reduced quality of care and reduced access to care, which leads to more pressure on the heath system. Not the sort of pressure you can easily solve with budget increases either.   No matter how many people we hire or how many hospitals we build, we won’t catch up with demand for healthcare while it continues to grow. We’re starting from too far back. Even with larger budgets we are constrained by workforce supply in both health and construction.   In some areas, such as residential aged care, the number of available healthcare facilities is now declining.  In other areas, such as primary care, the proportion of GPs is declining. Despite this, demand for essential services they provide keeps growing and it won’t stop anytime soon.   --Doing more with less--   To maintain quality of care and access to care, many hospital departments are being asked to do more with less. Less people, less time, less money, less equipment, less space, less back-office support.   Hospital services will valiantly keep trying to add more front-line staff and clinic space wherever they can, but it’s not easy. We can’t even be certain they’ll keep up with attrition in some departments, which heaps pressure on remaining staff.   We do know, however, that technology can help the existing workforce free up time and help our hospitals free up space.   I applaud healthcare teams and individuals around the country who are pushing ahead with new models of care, using technology to improve the efficiency of front-line workers and free up space at hospitals and clinics around Aotearoa. - Read full article on our latest blog to learn about new models of care helping front-line healthcare teams do more with less. https://lnkd.in/gwN-D6-P

Seen at the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand annual conference a couple of weeks ago in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Daman Kaur presenting a poster on how Spritely remote patient monitoring makes rapid up-titration possible for rural heart failure patients. Read the full poster here https://lnkd.in/g7c78DUi -- Quick summary below -Saves time for Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora cardiology staff -Makes rapid up-titration achievable -Helps to avoid hospital admissions -Minimises spend on travel cost -Eliminates cost of DNAs -Reduces pressure on clinic space -Improves quality of life for patients   Great work from Daman and the team. Also excellent work from the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora data and digital team in Hawkes Bay Sym Gardiner Ben Duffus. Equity-led telemonitoring is enabling Virtual Wards for Heart Failure and making a hugely positive difference for clinicians and patients while saving the health system money. Leigh Donoghue Lara Hopley   Any other cardiologists or cardiology nurses out there interested in chatting about this, feel free to get in touch for more information.

Well done to the teams at Hato Hone St John and Spritely, continuing to grow and improve the Manaaki Mamao service. Everyday they are helping people get on top of poorly controlled hypertension and improve overall health - reducing the risk of stroke and heart attack (see link to more info in comments). Over the last 2 years: Hundreds of patients referred by their GP to the service Thousands of regular health surveys and video consultations completed Automated monitoring of tens of thousands of health vitals This has led to earlier interventions and better health outcomes for lots of patients and whanau. Also some great feedback from GPs Ka pai Hato Hone St John Kwan-Lyn Lim Tiffany Rowlinson Vola Betham Nick Coley Mark Cribbens Pete Loveridge Jess Verdon Malcolm Kendall

A good read on Newsroom NZ this morning. "The health system also requires investment, but not necessarily – or only – ‘bricks and mortar’. As the OECD has recently emphasised, the power of investment in remote and digital techniques in health care beckons." Thanks Peter Davis https://lnkd.in/d3UE3zyc

What a fantastic week it’s been at Digital Health Festival for New Zealand HealthTech! The vision became a reality, connections were made, business was done and the huge scale of digital health opportunity in Australia was seen by everyone…..my cup is well and truly full ☕️ ❤️ With 12 of New Zealand’s hottest HealthTech companies on the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise HealthTech Pavilion! Thank you to each company for showing up with such passion and showcasing so magnificently the innovation that New Zealand is bringing to the health of Australia and the world. 🇳🇿🚀🇦🇺 🔴 Orion Health 🔴 STREAMLINERS 🔴 Core Schedule 🔴 Odin Health 🔴 CBS - Health Costing Experts 🔴 Wofo 🔴 Spritely 🔴 Flintfox - Intelligent Pricing Platform 🔴 Florence Digital 🔴 Clearhead 🔴 oDocs Eye Care 🔴 ARANZ Medical In addition to the 12 companies above at the pavilion, there were over 30 other New Zealand HealthTech companies exhibiting or in attendance, in a huge demonstration of the strength and depth of the HealthTech industry in New Zealand. 🇳🇿 As well as the pavilion, we hosted a breakfast, a dinner and an on pavilion networking, all with delicious NZ food and beverage on display and we had a very special Kapa Haka performance at the pavilion, with people, for as far as my eyes could see experiencing the beauty and power of New Zealand culture, a truly special moment that once again reminded me of how lucky I am to be able to represent brand New Zealand to the world! 🙏🏻 A very special thank you to the team at Orion Health for working so closely with us in the lead up to the event and to sponsoring both the breakfast and the on stand networking. Also a huge thank you to the Digital Health Festival team Hamish, Jonathan & Terry for staging such an awesome event…..”the Coachella of Digital Health” (I think that name is going to stick Carey Campbell 😉) The NZTE team - Tanan Zorigt, Hamish Campbell Maria Woods, thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤️ Bring on DHF 2025!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Our Australia team has had an exciting couple of days at Digital Health Festival 2024. Day 1 was a whirlwind of innovation and collaboration at the New Zealand stand. Everything kicked off on Monday with a networking dinner, setting the perfect tone and fostering connections that will shape the future of digital health. The New Zealand healthtech pavilion showcased cutting-edge and innovative healthtech solutions from Spritely, ARANZ Medical, oDocs Eye Care, Flintfox - Intelligent Pricing Platform, CBS - Health Costing Experts, Wofo Medstaff, Clearhead, Florence Digital, Core Schedule, Odin Health, Orion Health, and STREAMLINERS. Highlights included the panel session on "How NZ HealthTech disruptors are connecting care across the globe" and the NZ Digital Healthcare Dinner the night prior, with key industry contacts from private and public health sectors. We also shared our New Zealand manaaki with Australia by hosting networking drinks and a kapa haka performance, sponsored by Orion Health, on the stand showcasing both Kiwi culture and F&B. Day 2 kicked off on a great note with our NZ Healthtech Breakfast, sponsored by Orion Health. We were joined by Orion Health’s VP of Digital Care Records, @Chris Lucas, where he spoke on "Connecting Care across the Globe" and how to solve healthcare interoperability challenges on a global scale. From workshops to keynotes, the energy was palpable at the NZ stand. As the festival wrapped up, we are all excited to see how these innovative solutions will shape the healthcare industry! #DHF24 #NZMadeWithCare See Tomorrow First Bella Katz Hamish Campbell Robert M. Tanan Zorigt Maria Woods

We're looking forward to Digital Health Festival in Melbourne next week. Spritely will be exhibiting again. You can find us at stand 652, part of the awesome New Zealand Trade and Enterprise pavilion. Come by to see how hospitals and other healthcare providers use our equity-led telemonitoring platform to improve patient outcomes and workforce efficiency. #RPM

INNOVATION SHOWCASE   Thanks Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) for featuring the work being done at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay (using Spritely’s remote patient monitoring platform) to safely up-titrate rural heart failure patients quickly, minimising the need for travel.   Better outcomes for patients More productive staff Less hospital readmissions -- An innovative platform A digitally enabled model of care Potential to scale up across the motu. Sym Gardiner, Ben Duffus, Daman Kaur

Thanks to Rebecca McBeth and the team at Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) for focusing this issue of Digital Connect on the need for remote care. Spritely supports NZ hospitals to provide remote care that is effective, efficient, and equitable for everyone. Even older people who lack experience with technology. Here’s why…. -- 15 years from now Stats NZ predicts that there will be 100,000 more people over the age of 85. Many of those are already over the age of 75 and will be at least 90 by then.   Research from Finland (1) showed “there was a three-fold increase in ED visits made by patients 80 years or more compared to those under 80, and aging of the population will lead to a rapid increase in the number of ED visits.” The same study concluded it “unlikely that increasing ED resources is feasible. Instead, the focus should be on chronic care of the aged and prevention of potentially avoidable ED visits.” In other words, delivering care closer to home. Remote care is a potential game changer here. It can’t replace in person care but it can augment it. Patient outcomes and patient experience is improved, and clinicians are more productive when fit for purpose technology is used to enhance models of care and save travel time for community-based health workers. The problem is, a lot of older people don’t have sufficient technical expertise to easily take advantage of remote care. This is not just a problem for them, It’s a problem for the health system. Older people occupy a high proportion of bed days and represent a high proportion of admissions from ED. If we want to reduce pressure on hospitals we need to scale up an accessible way to remotely manage the health of older people with chronic conditions. So we can safely and efficiently manage care closer to home and prevent ED presentations and hospital admissions. In the future, our hospitals will not have capacity to look after all the older people who are (statistically) likely to present to ED. Without fit for purpose technology, our primary care and community-based workforce won’t have capacity to look after them at home either. This is why we need change. https://lnkd.in/gKbi5D6f Check out the link in the comments for a reference to the Finland study and to read more about what Spritely is doing in this area. Get in touch if you want to talk about enabling remote care for your patients