FAQs

Swallow Gateway is a cloud-based service that is used in conjunction with commercially available high-resolution manometry (HRM) systems.

Swallow Gateway enhances HRM assessment and the communications around swallowing disorders by providing the following functions:

• Upload and display of HRM-acquired biomechanical swallow data.
• Integration and cloud storage of other clinically relevant information (images, videos, documents).
• Clinical communication and collaboration via secure data sharing, online chat and clinical report drafting.

The Swallow Gateway service is owned and provided by Flinders Partners Pty Ltd of Flinders University, South Australia.

Swallow Gateway has been designed for clinicians and researchers who are already conducting HRM investigations in patients with swallowing disorders. In other words, users should already be working in a research and/or clinical environment and have attained formal training in deglutology or a related discipline.

Yes. The biomechanical data generated by Swallow Gateway has been the subject of considerable peer-reviewed research.

Anyone working with patients with swallowing disorders knows that the pathophysiology is complex and that dysphagia sufferers are managed by different multi-disciplinary teams. Swallow Gateway is the only system harnessing the power of the internet to enable multi-level interactions; from discussions around individual cases under management through to international multi-center clinical collaborations and deglutology education

Swallow Gateway respects the fundamental principles of ethics and privacy and the following safeguards are designed to ensure security and privacy of data stored on servers which are currently located in Australia:

All user accounts are password protected.

• Swallow Gateway utilizes Microsoft Azure Cloud Services for security management and advanced threat protection.
• Swallow Gateway allows sharing of data amongst account holders in de-identified forms.
• Swallow Gateway recognizes that de-identification alone may not negate privacy risks and users should therefore seek their own advice regarding the sufficiency of the above safeguards and the need for additional controls.