BESTMED expands into home care

New software aims to support aged care providers with medication safety for older Australians living at home.

Aged care medication management software BESTMED has developed a purpose-built solution for home care providers to increase medication safety for seniors living at home.

BESTMED for Home Care aims to maximise the productivity of the care workforce and raise quality. Testing with a small number of providers is now underway ahead of a 2025 launch, a spokesperson told Australian Ageing Agenda.

The product comes in response to an uplift in electronic medication management in residential homes over the last three years and provider demand for something similar in the community, said BESTMED chief executive officer Phil Offer.

Phil Offer

“Our aged care partners have been requesting a solution to better manage medications in home care,” he said.

“Home care providers are looking to improve medication safety for Australians receiving care in their homes with recent data showing significant prescribing of antibiotic and psychotropic medications in the sector. BESTMED for Home Care addresses this by improving transparency and ease for providers and care staff.”

Integration with other aged care software will help maximise productivity by reducing the need for workers to re-entering data, he said.

BESTMED has announced integrations with AlayaCare, CareLynx, CareVision and eCase.

Mr Offer said that despite challenges appearing similar, residential aged care and home care had different requirements.

“That’s why we have created a purpose-built app for carers to easily record administrations and manage escalations on the road,” Mr Offer said.

“We have seen significant improvements that electronic medication management has had in residential aged care, especially in managing psychotropic medication usage, and now home care can benefit from those learnings.”

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