Melbourne-based aged care software vendor Management Advantage is currently rolling out a major new version of its Manad Plus care and management software to existing clients and is set to launch three new native apps that will allow nurses and carers to add observations and progress notes at the bedside through their phones, whether they be Apple, Android or Windows devices.

Management Advantage general manager Ben Sturzaker said he believed having a native app in each of the three apps stores was a first for residential aged care in Australia. Other vendors have web-based products that can run on mobile devices but they are either not native apps or all three operating systems are not catered for, he said.