Ep58 VaxApp Luke Renehan FA1108

This episode of Pharmacy View Podcast with host Scott Carpenter, EVBC features guest Luke Renehan, CEO and Founder at VaxApp, an immunisation and diagnostic management platform delivering health services at community clinics, pharmacies, aged & disability care facilities, workplaces and schools. Luke shares how the platform was designed to safely vaccinate more people in less time with less cost. As the son of an immunisation nurse, Luke remembers being constantly jabbed with all kinds of vaccines while hearing about the challenges faced by frontline immunisation teams. When COVID hit, Luke was in Europe, as border closures were announced he booked the next flight back to Australia. It was on the last day of quarantine that a phone call with his mum sparked the idea for VaxApp. Luke has over 15 years of experience in events marketing and technology, designing and implementing systems that were really focused on how to improve efficiency and operational capacity. So, that is what was replicated with VaxApp—bringing together immunisation, technology and process and that is how VaxApp is now being used to support Pharmacies to safely vaccinate more people in less time with less cost. VaxApp was developed to protect immunisation providers by reducing the face-to-face time required with patients. Having the entire workflow be supported by technology ensured the following: • Increased the capacity to vaccinate • Reduce average vaccination time • Improved patient outcomes