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By DELIA SCALES 8th May 2019 Are you an overseas student studying technology courses in Australia? Or are you interested in Australian education, particularly in
May 10, 2019
We make searching for health technology easy!
Got an elderly frail relative or disabled child you are concerned about?
Want to stay in touch with your patients and make sure they follow through with treatments?
Want to know exactly where your expensive hospital equipment is and how long it’s been there?
You’ve got a problem related to healthcare? The chances are, there is a solution waiting to be found on the Wikihospitals database.
Our mission is to make health technology and home services accessable to everyone
Because you have the right to know what is the latest technology and home services.
Because it might change your life or that of someone you love.
And because the health industry is there to serve the people who need it.
Because health tech companies are currently struggling to get access to their customers.
Because it is genuinely better to stay at home as much as possible, only have tests and treatments you need and make sure what you do have done is accurate and safe.
And because we love startups!
Where we are at now
Wikihospitals is a community project, started by a retired nurse.
Students from the University of Swinburne have helped build a social profile and business plan.
They are currently working with an experienced developer to build a professional, bespoke, internet based search engine.
And why is health technology so important?
We are all paying far too much for healthcare.
Health care costs are unsustainable at their current rate of growth. Much of health budgets is being wasted on over servicing and excessive bureaucracy.
We have to reform healthcare and ensure that future generations can continue to access public health care services.
Hospital and medication errors are a chronic and ongoing problem.
Most errors are not due to the poor behaviour of a few individuals.
The majority of errors are due to diagnostic errors, fragmentation of data, inadequate follow up and outdated technology currently being used in many hospitals and nursing homes.
What do others say about us?
“I have known Delia Scales through her terrific site Wikihospitals for several years and we share similar ideas about health startups.”
“I have known Delia Scales for over two years now and Delia is doing some outstanding work for the health care community. With her background as an acute care nurse she has the insights, knowledge and experience to share her knowledge and expertise with healthcare consumers on her Wikihospitals blog.”
“Delia’s Wikihospitals blog is a wake-up call for the healthcare industry to cut the wastage and start engaging with local solutions.”
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Delia @wikihospitals
Surgical instruments/sponges should all have IoT tracking - all these mistakes are easily avoidable. https://t.co/cHyCZpKOJz
Delia @wikihospitals
RT @MartyMakary: Disappointed to see some physician societies organize to oppose legislation to address surprise bills. Americans are getting crushed w bills and its eroding the public trust with medicine. Doctors should stand up for patients, rather than the groups price gouging w surprise bills
How new technology solves traditional healthcare errors
Internet of Things
Smart wearable devices, small diagnostic devices that easily plug into a smart phone or home alerts
Cloud analytics
Taking in regular and personal data, matching it to huge data sets from around the world and giving a much more accurate response
Integrated data
Connecting the dots between global, country, regional and personal data
Home services
Chemotherapy, ventilation and palliative care services, in the comfort of your own home
Lost, falls, anxiety
Falls, wanding, collapse, distressed relatives who couldn't keep in touch
Inaccurate treatments
Drugs that either don't work or cause distressing side effects. The wrong drug dose for the individuals needs.
Paper based records
'Information silos', fragmented or lost data, no coordination between different doctors, hospitals or clinics
Avoidable hospital stays
Risk of infections, lack of sleep, distress from loss of day/night routine and a noisy, impersonal environment
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