Cameron Ballantine
“ We ’ re trying to look for efficiencies of patient flow , from our ambulance services into the ED and into our hospitals ,” he says . “ Because those types of initiatives can only benefit the public and the patients that are being admitted to hospital .”
Metro South Health ’ s long-standing partnership with Vocera Communications has played a big part in delivering those patient benefits . “ They ’ re not just selling us a product ,” asserts Ballantine . “ They work with us to meet the organisation ’ s goals .” The voice grade wifi Vocera provides allows clinicians to contact other clinicians , internal or external to the organisation , and share or seek information about the patient they ’ re dealing with in real time . “ We did a time and motion study prior to the implementation of Vocera ,” explains Ballantine . “ Following its integration , we learned it was putting 45 minutes back into the clinician ’ s day over an eight hour shift , increasing the time they can spend providing patient care . It ’ s been inordinately beneficial .” He reveals a case where a physio was doing exercise work with a patient in a stairwell when they became unwell . Having Vocera allowed for assistance to be summoned immediately , improv-
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Cameron Ballantine
Cameron Ballantine has more than two decades of experience in healthcare . A registered nurse with seven years of clinical experience in intensive care and advanced life support , coupled with eight years working in healthcare management , he is well placed to understand the diverse IT needs of healthcare practitioners . Ballantine ’ s digital experience includes service delivery transformation to support changing models of care associated with digital hospitals and leading the implementation of data analytics and predictive modelling to support patient care .
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