Opportunity: One in three Australian adults (34%) have high blood pressure (BP), contributing to over 21,000 deaths and costing Australia more than $1.2 billion annually. Despite the availability of effective treatments and preventive strategies, BP control in Australia remains below that achieved in other countries.
Opportunity: The Pathways Project will pilot a digital readiness and goal-setting platform, Pathways, with the aim to improve outcomes for life-insured customers experiencing mental ill-health while on income protection claims. This project responds to the sector-identified need for those on claims to set meaningful personal goals and increase autonomy through the recovery journey.
Opportunity: Primary Sense, developed by the WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA), is a comprehensive GP decision-support and data extraction tool designed to improve clinical insights and operational efficiency. As the platform continues to evolve, it is essential to validate a wide range of use cases under realistic conditions to ensure reliability and scalability.
Recent Projects
Impact case studies
Working together with our project partners, we document the initial opportunities for collaborative research, research activities undertaken, the knowledge and outcomes generated, partner and industry perspectives of value, key insights arising from the collaboration, and potential translation journeys going forward.
These case studies aim to show how collaborative research leads to real impact for the health and care ecosystem in Australia in many different ways, by harnessing the power of data and digital health technologies.
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Advancing chronic kidney disease care: leveraging data to improve patient outcomes
This collaborative project in Western Australia created a comprehensive chronic kidney disease (CKD) dataset using privacy-preserving techniques to enable new insights into CKD incidence, progression, and economic impact; inform clinical care improvements and policy making; and foster further innovation.
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Enhancing video telehealth experiences for patients and doctors for more streamlined and accessible care
DHCRC brought together Monash University and partners to enhance video telehealth services in Victoria through the development and piloting of the Patient Consultation Summary (PCS) application on Healthdirect Australia's VideoCall platform to improve patient and clinician experiences of telehealth.
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Supporting responsible use of AI in Australian healthcare
DHCRC initiated a project localising the 2022 OECD AI Classification Framework to the Australian healthcare context, developing a web-based tool to classify AI systems for better governance, transparency and trust.
