Improving health care with Telehealth roll out

Juniper Aged Care home residents in Perth and regional areas have benefitted from the rollout of new telehealth carts.

As part of a state-wide program, the WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) commissioned telehealth technology provider Visionflex to deploy telehealth carts to homes across Western Australia, as well as training to staff and health care providers.

Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, telehealth carts allow for fast and efficient video consultations with GPs and other clinicians.

Helping reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, the mobile units include a digital stethoscope, blood pressure measurement, and a handheld examination camera.

Delivery and set up of the new resource have gone ahead at 12 metropolitan Juniper homes and nine regional homes. Staff training has continued over the course of the rollout and a standard procedure was developed on how to operate the units.

Along with improving access to care for Juniper Residential Aged Care customers and supporting our clinical staff, the medical-grade carts will provide a connection for families to check in with a loved one following a specific event.

The innovation is enabling Juniper’s clinical team members to contact external practitioners such as on call doctors, emergency department doctors and specialists to share real time vital observations.