Opportunity: Implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in health care services is challenging with an absence of best-practice guidance, presenting an urgent need to bring together stakeholders who have a vested interest in the opportunities to establish a coherent, collaborative, and sustainable national approach supporting the implementation of AI in the Australian health system.
Opportunity: WA Country Health Service delivers healthcare across one of the world’s largest geographically dispersed health service catchments. Supporting safe, timely, and equitable care across regional, rural, and remote communities requires effective operational visibility, efficient coordination, and proactive decision-making across a diverse range of services and operational environments.
Opportunity: Australia’s national interoperability initiative, including the Australian Core Data for Interoperability (AUCDI) and the Sparked‑AU Program depend on a capable workforce with clinical information modelling (CIM) skills—a specialised discipline that transforms clinical knowledge into structured, consensus-driven data models.
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.
