As a hospital emergency doctor, Touchstone CEO Merran Cooper spent hours chasing advance care plans for her patients, and was repeatedly provided with documents that contained errors such as boxes ticked for CPR and no CPR.
That's because advance care plans – despite being vital documents that clinical teams often need to access urgently – are usually created and stored as paper forms and PDFs. It is a problem that can lead to illegible, conflicting or outdated directives lacking validity, shareability and any means of verification.
And as they are not included in hospital transfer summaries, healthcare providers and ambulance services are often left without the meaningful and critical information they needed.
Advance care plans are also often shared by fax, including between residential aged care facilities, GPs and hospitals, which introduces risk and privacy implications.
That's why Merran created Touchstone Life Care – to provide a digital advance care planning solution that is safe, secure and shareable. It is the kinder option, too, for patients, loved ones and clinical staff.
Digital advance care plans significantly improve the quality of care for older Australians, particularly during critical transitions and traumatic times.
And they eliminate the need to rely on paper and PDFs.
Find out more about Touchstone Life Care: https://lnkd.in/g6SVXztN
📺 WATCH Merran talk about her experiences on the frontline dealing with life and death decisions, and the importance digital advance care plans can play.
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