Streamline care beyond the hospital stay.

We saw something shift in the last few months of 2020. We seemed to reach a tipping point in healthcare technology where the cost of inaction is actually higher than the cost of action.

If there’s a silver lining to this awful pandemic; it has shown that digital health solutions can enhance clinical care, rather than get in the way of the personal relationship between healthcare teams and their patients.  It has demonstrated that there is a better way that can (at scale) reduce pressure on healthcare staff, reduce costs on the …
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Clinical health assessments are critical to managing patient risks in the lead up to their hospital admission.

However, Australian studies* show that increasing pre-admission patient risk assessments forms are increasing “burdens on patients and staff”. The cognitive and administrative burdens highlighted in the study are unpinned by the reliance on paper and phone calls in many hospitals.

In 2020, the requirement for hospitals and clinics to screen patients for COVID-19 emphasised the potential risk of not completing assessments prior to admission. With this rapid increase in screening requirements and pressures to …
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Our Digital IFC solution is a fast and effective way to inform a patient of the cost of treatment prior to surgery, and digitally collect their signature.

Personify Care has been made aware of media reports in which it is alleged that our services with SA Pathology have been suspended because of data and privacy breaches.

SA Pathology fast tracks delivery of COVID-19 test results for South Australians by launching a new digital health service with Personify Care.

Spending time at Houston’s Texas Medical Center (TMC) – the world’s largest medical precinct – helped digital health company Personify Care achieve its US objectives.

In early 2017, Personify Care was one of three Australian startups to participate in the four‑month TMC Accelerator Program (TMCx), supported by Austrade through the BioBridge Initiative. 

There’s something about technology in the Healthcare industry that really resonates with me.  But, let’s be honest, no one really likes spending time in hospital. Today my guest today is Ken, founder & CEO of Personify Care.  What Personify Care are out to achieve, amongst other things, is to reduce the re-admission rates of patients back into hospital after surgery.  And that’s a great thing for the patient, for the hospital, for the clinicians and for our healthcare industry in general. 

Mobile patient monitoring system vendor Personify Care has partnered with fellow Adelaide firm Chamonix to allow hospitals to integrate the Personify Care platform with their existing clinical systems and the My Health Record and upload data as an event summary.

Called Personify Connect, the module uses the HIPS technology built by Chamonix to enable hospitals to upload discharge summaries to the My Health Record. HIPS has been adopted by a number of state health departments and is also used by the private sector to connect to the national system.

Australian digital health company Personify Care aims to accelerate its push into the lucrative US market thanks to the support of the Australian Federal Government this week.

Software engineer Ken Saman started his career integrating mobile devices into vehicles for Motorola before realising he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life developing code for a corporate giant. Saman now spends his time working on a system that supports patients after they are discharged from hospital and was last month named a winner at InDaily’s inaugural 40 Under 40 Awards.

TMCx advisor and orthopedic surgeon J. Michael Bennett interviews startups for his podcast, “Behind the Pitch with Dr. J.” The following is an excerpt from a recent interview with Ken Saman, CEO of Personify Care, an Australian digital health care company offering a platform for supporting patients before and after their hospital stays. 

On Thursday, the Texas Medical Center (TMCx ) Innovation Institute hosted showcased its fourth class of 21 digital healthstartups at TMCx Demo Day. The current TMCx class includes startups focused on addressing problem in key healthcare areas, including artificial intelligence, medication management, health care process improvement, remote care and behavior/neurological health.

Largest cohort to begin digital health-focused accelerator program

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Innovation Institute today welcomes 24 startups into its accelerator program—its largest class since the institute’s inception—to introduce their health IT applications to the Houston health care market.

The Houston-based Innovation Institute of the Texas Medical Centre (TMC) – the world’s largest medical centre – has announced it will help accelerate the launch of Adelaide-based tech company Personify Care’s mobile patient monitoring platform into the lucrative US market.

Personify Care has been selected as the only Australian company to present to leading US healthcare organisations in Boston. Personify Care has been selected as a semi-finalist in the MassChallenge Pulse program out 439 applicants across 20+ countries and 30+ US states.

Personify Care joined the Partners Health Connected Health Symposium 2016.  A change-agent conference that promotes innovative thinking and the application of personal consumer health technologies to support new models of care delivery.

Personify Care exhibits in Minneapolis at Advamed 2016.

Personify Care was selected as one of 5 South Australian companies to exhibit at the Advamed 2016 conference bringing more than 1,000 companies together showcasing innovative technology and world-class educational opportunities.

Personify Care featured in the Lead South Australia “Health innovations from Down Under prepare for leading MedTech conference” http://www.theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/industries/health/health-innovations-from-down-under-prepare-for-leading-medtech-conference/

Dr James Kollias presents the paper “Reduce Risk, Save Time and Improve Care with Mobile Technology” at the the 2016 NT, WA & SA Joint Annual Scientific Meeting with a focus on how Personify Care supports clinical best practice for Breast Cancer patients.

Adrian Saunders, Associate Director of Nursing at St Andrew’s Hospital and Ken Saman, CEO, Personify Care co-present a paper at the Health Informatics Conference in Melbourne, Australia.  The paper was nominated for the Don Walker Award. Download paper here.

Personify Care releases its HL7 Restful API and first integration of patient recovery data (in between the phone call and face to face visit) into the patient’s existing medical record within EHR or Patient Management systems.

Personify Care signs Adelaide Plastic Surgery to deliver pre-consult and preadmission assessments as well as paperless post-discharge monitoring for their day patients.

St Andrew’s Hospital (www.stand.org.au) launches a pilot study of the Personify Care platform within its Pre-admission clinic and Breast Care Services clinic as part of its commitment to delivering the latest advances in patient care.

Personify Care secures $250k in funding from the South Australian Business Industry Development Program to accelerate the development of its patient monitoring platform http://healthindustries.sa.gov.au/techinsa.html

Personify Care signs a collaboration agreement with SAHMRI and the SA Advanced Health Research and Translation Centre with the view to ensuring that new clinical best practice can be delivered to populations at a manageable cost.

Personify Care is backed by the South Australian government to conduct pilot studies with clinicians and hospitals to demonstrate the benefits of the platform to patients, clinicians and healthcare organisations via the SA Micro Finance Fund