Better aged care data for pandemics

Cumpston and Bail have suggested that modern technology could make a wide range of residential care quality measures feasible at low cost.  During COVID-19 and future pandemics, a data-based aged care system could 

·       provide earlier detection of infected staff and residents

·       allow better planning for the use of emergency staff

·       provide emergency staff with medical histories in familiar form

·       provide some of the health measurements needed in pandemics

·       allow research into better procedures

·       reduce the need for on-site visits by quality regulators.