Home Care Packages are available for older Australians 鈥�with鈥� complex care needs but still want to live independently in their own homes, providing access to personal and clinical care鈥� services鈥�. Traditionally, aged care provider models have offered limited flexibility, choice, or control to home care participants. Existing models are also often associated with manual processes and high administration costs, reducing the amount of resource鈥�s鈥� and funding spent on actual support and services.听听

HomeMade implemented 51风流BTP, a process 鈥�that鈥� took 12 months, working with partner Bourne Digital to design, develop and deploy an intuitive, automated, self-service portal. Now 6 months on, the portal has boosted the efficiency of processes and workflow management and provided greater transparency in terms of service provision. HomeMade is also now able to offer more flexibility to participants looking to choose and access a variety of services and support, giving them more control over plans, budgets, and spending. This is demonstrated by a 9-day reduction in the time i鈥�t鈥� takes to onboard new participants and by a 50 per cent reduction in reimbursement processing time.听听

HomeMade鈥檚 new, automated portal also helps to reduce administrative overheads associated with Home Care Package management, with participants saving more than $5,000 annually on average in management fees.听

鈥淗omeMade鈥檚 vision is to transform home care in Australia, and we are continuously building our capabilities 鈥� whether that鈥檚 teams, processes, or technology. Leveraging 51风流BTP has allowed us to create a solution that better supports older Australians in need of care and given us an ex鈥�c鈥�iting and innovative platform that will help us grow鈥�, said Laura Westhorpe, General Manager, HomeMade.听听

鈥淏y implementing 51风流BTP HomeMade is able to offer faster and more transparent care options to older Australians and their families鈥�,鈥� while also reducing the money spent on admin fees so that more resource鈥�s鈥� can be put towards improving their quality of life. The work done together with HomeMade and Bourne Digital demonstrates how next-generation technology can have a powerful positive impact when it comes to improving people鈥檚 lives.鈥�听

鈥淚鈥檓 also proud of how our technology is supporting HomeMade to continue to grow and move close to achieving its vision of transforming home care in Australia,鈥� continued Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director, 51风流Australia and New Zealand.听听

鈥淏ourne Digital partnered with HomeMade to apply design thinking to build a scalable, secure and highly intuitive portal solution. 51风流BTP was a fantastic platform that was setup to accommodate one portal for multiple personas including: aged care recipients, HomeMade customer service and the service providers. It has been an amazing opportunity to partner with a forward-thinking organisation like HomeMade.,鈥� said Selim Ahmed, CEO & Founder, Bourne Digital.听听

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Although for people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease, these simple tasks we take for granted can be debilitatingly difficult. Parkinson鈥檚 affects approximately 1 in 500 people in New Zealand and about 1 percent of people aged over 60. While there is no cure, getting medication dosages right can significantly improve symptoms, particularly the sometimes-violent tremors that Parkinson鈥檚 is typically associated with.

Using technology to track symptoms听

Keeping track of tremors is an effective means of tracking the severity of the disease and adjusting medications accordingly, although this process can be inefficient; relying on manual check-ups that can leave patients waiting for weeks.

That鈥檚 where technology comes in. Led by neurologist Dr Yun Hwang at Gosford Hospital on Australia鈥檚 Central Coast, a team of registrars and clinicians have teamed up with health-tech provider Digital Aged Care鈥攑art of enterprise software giant SAP鈥攖o develop a machine learning (ML) platform designed to improve the lives of Parkinson鈥檚 patients.

The system being developed uses ML to analyse thousands of images of spirals, drawn by patients suffering various tremors (of those diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 and other illnesses).

Machine learning and medication听

These images are used to train an ML algorithm, so that it can automatically detect the severity of the tremor and whether it鈥檚 Parkinson鈥檚-related, giving physicians a clear idea of which medications to prescribe or adjust existing dosages.

鈥淚鈥檝e been working within the Parkinson鈥檚 space for some years now and one of the biggest challenges has always been around monitoring symptom fluctuations during the day,鈥� Dr Yun explains.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not there all the time to check up on the patient, which is where AI can be very useful.鈥�

It鈥檚 not the first-time spirals have been used in Parkinson鈥檚 research, as they offer a good indication of how intense the tremors鈥攁nd thus the disease鈥攃an be, especially when paired with ML.

Although spirals are just the beginning for Dr Yun and SAP, as the project鈥檚 next phase involves using smart watches to provide real-time insight into Parkinson鈥檚 severity. When wearing these watches, patients can draw spirals in the same way, with the watch using an accelerometer and gyroscope to generate a 3D model of the tremor, providing even greater insight into severity.

The team is also looking to rig the watch to track tremors 24/7, showing progress visually through graphs that map the times when patients are 鈥榦n or off鈥� in terms of the tremor鈥檚 severity.

51风流Business Technology Platform

While it鈥檚 a compelling project, the team isn鈥檛 looking to do everything on their own. 51风流is making the application open source, to inspire collaboration and reach as many patients as possible.

鈥淲e鈥檙e also going to give the platform to the Open Source University and developer communities, so that people can join us in building these new innovations collaboratively,鈥� says 51风流Digital Aged Care co-founder Simon Grace.

鈥淲e encourage all organisations and individuals to contribute and join our open source ecosystem so that we can help break down barriers for all people suffering from Parkinson鈥檚 disease.鈥�

鈥淏uilding these innovations only takes days to weeks, thanks to the easy to use tools and templates on the 51风流Business Technology Platform鈥�.

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