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Aged care collaboration
Online forum aims to unite
innovative aged care minds.
A
new online innovation lab will
give aged care professionals the
chance to collaborate, share ideas
and learn in an open forum.
Launched by KontentLabs and
innovAGEING, the initiative will be known
as the innovAGEING Open Lab because
of its ability to aggregate the resources
and collective knowledge of practitioners,
manager Merlin Kong said.
“Consultation has already started
around ranking and rating the industry’s
key challenges, and KontentLabs’ expertise
in fostering online communities will play
an important role in establishing a solid
foundation for the Open Lab to develop,”
he said.
“Australia’s ageing population presents
an innovation imperative for the age
services industry. Just as much as there is a
productivity imperative for the industry, we
need to better work with older Australians
to develop services that they want to use
and access.
“The ability to learn, share and provide
insight on aged care innovation is a driving
and motivational force, and the Open Lab
will become vital in not only reaching all
stakeholders, but doing so quickly.”
Kong said there was a growing need to
accelerate innovation and collaboration in
the industry to translate ideas into action,
and achieve better outcomes for older
Australians.
KontentLabs executive producer Marc
Niemes said innovation in healthcare almost
always starts with frontline workers.
“KontentLabs’ KommunityLab platform was
built out of frustration that the best formal
and informal knowledge was either locked
away in people’s heads, or in restricted formal
learning environments,” Niemes said.
“The KommunityLab’s aim and passion is
simply that any health or care worker is able
to access the knowledge to deliver better
care in three seconds or three clicks or less.” ■
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