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Introduction:

Hall and Prior in Western Australia, has implemented a new software system to manage the treatment of pressure ulcers which can be life threatening to the elderly.

Male:

The category for pressure ulcer is life threatening and is life ending if it's not managed. It's very, very painful, and it's a hideous way to suffer.

Female:

A pressure ulcer is excess disability, and we don't need that. And the residents don't need that, and their families don't need to see that. So information technology that helps in the prevention rather than the management or treatment has marvelous impact really, in our community.

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Male 1:

The technology is um, it's very simple. It utilises an inexpensive digital camera, and it allows you to take a picture of the wound, and to very precisely measure it and to record all its clinical details, and to record the treatment that you're applying to that wound, and to track it over time, and to measure it's healing rate as a function of that treatment.

Male 2:

During the study we had a reduction of pressure ulcers of about 42% over an eight month period. And that's quite startling. The number one outcome I saw was clinical outcomes for residents and their families. But by far a number two which is very close is improvement of confidence and knowledge base of our conditions, and that is mission critical for us.

Male 3:

The reaction of the staff has been extremely positive and enthusiastic. They've been interested and inquisitive about the technology, and really wanting to learn more about it.

Female 1:

Increasing their knowledge and skills, giving them another level of confidence with another tool if you like to use in their implementation of care.

Male 4:

We have a relationship with our communities to provide care for our residents. And this technology has helped us to achieve better outcomes for our residents. It's as straightforward as that.

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