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All of Austco's operating regions, including Australia, the UK, Canada, and the US, will be equipped with sensors as part of this international partnership.
FREMONT, CA: "Residents and patients deserve both protection and privacy, and caregivers and facility administrators need a new level of data-driven insight," said Kevin Higgins, VP of Product, Austco. "Integrating Vayyar's best-in-class camera-free technology will keep Austco at the cutting edge of emerging monitoring markets as we look to expand worldwide."
Austco, a global supplier of nurse call systems and healthcare communication solutions, has partnered with Vayyar, a leading provider of 4D imaging radar, to offer touchless, camera-free fall detection and activity monitoring.
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The Tacera nurse call platform from Austco will be directly integrated with Vayyar Care devices to power many solutions for the independent living and elderly care, remote patient monitoring, and dementia/memory care markets. Even when a resident or patient cannot use a regular alarm system or has forgotten to put on a wearable device, the integrated solution will send fall alerts.
Austco will also utilize the comprehensive behavioral data obtained by Vayyar Care. The length of time people spend alone in their suites, in bed, or resting, as well as the number and length of bathroom visits, will shed light on various problems. They include alterations in residents' clinical conditions, decreased mobility, medication adherence, morbidities such as UTIs, and mental health issues like early depressive symptoms.
The integrated solution gives carers the visibility they need to keep an eye on residents and patients without invading their privacy since it allows them to "see" people in all conditions without disclosing personally-identifying information.
The company's primary geographical areas, including Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe, the US, and Canada, are all the subject of installations planned by Austco.
The emphasis will be on fall reduction and prevention in independent and assisted living by spotting behavioral changes and "hidden" falls, which are episodes that residents frequently fail to report but are the main predictor of later, more serious falls.
Austco will assess and reduce fall risk in higher acuity settings like skilled nursing and post-acute care through multifactorial activity analytics and vital signs monitoring. In contrast, in memory care, operators will be able to get around the problem of residents being unable to report problems with their health and well-being through 24/7 monitoring.
The integrated system will make several automated applications, including those for lighting, climate management, and security, possible, lowering risk and improving resident comfort in all kinds of institutions.
One of the partnership's most important facets is reducing the workload for facility employees. Due to Vayyar Care's incredibly high accuracy rate, carers can quickly determine whether a fall has happened, preventing alarm fatigue and any response delays from residents who frequently utilize nurse call systems.
"Integrating with a system of the caliber of Austco's is a significant milestone for our solution," said Guy Meger, Head of Vayyar Care Business Unit. "Our technology is designed and built to provide the data that will transform the industry, and I'm excited to collaborate with Austco on driving that change."
A developing model of predictive, data-driven care, which will improve resident and patient outcomes, lessen the workload for frontline carers, and boost profitability for healthcare facilities across all categories, is built around this data.
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