Digital Health CRC "Research and innovation in digital health offers Australia significant economic and business development opportunities as well as great promise for the better health of our community."
Meredith Makeham, Chief Medical Adviser, Australian Digital Health Agency "The Australian Digital Health Agency is looking forward to the opportunity to contribute to the evidence building in digital health with other participants in the CRC, which will support improved services and health outcomes for Australian consumers and clinicians."
Associate Professor Marcel Dinger, CEO, Genome.One "Genome.One is thrilled to be a partner in the new Digital Health CRC, which will enable the exploration of how we can integrate key health information, including genomics and phenomics data, into clinical decision making and population health interventions across our health services."
Prof Penelope Schofield, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Swinburne University "New technology is transforming how we live. The Digital Health CRC is ensuring our health system is at the forefront of this change and we deliver on the potential for better patient outcomes through enhanced service delivery and access to information."
Mission
To improve the quality of healthcare for all, through evidence.
The Industry Issues
Like much of the world, Australia’s health costs as a percentage of GDP are increasing at a dramatic rate. In the 10 years to 2013-14, health expenditure grew much faster than inflation, the population and population ageing. The share of the economy (GDP) represented by health reached 10% for the first time in that year (Source AIHW). Public and private sector health organisations are recognising 'STEM' skills as mission critical, resulting in a spike in demand for health data scientists, health technologists and technology-literate clinical staff. Simultaneously citizens expect access to advanced health care and better health outcomes. It is also true that in most developed economies, health services are rapidly becoming digitised.
Our Solution
The Digital Health CRC engages a unique, multi-disciplinary collaboration of research, clinical, industry, government and educational organisations to focus research and development on combining these expertise with data, information and telecommunication technologies.
We are building an internationally competitive research and innovation centre, and our work is driven by our industry partners. We will address the identified industry issues by
- empowering consumers
- improving understanding and management of health risks of individuals and communities
- supporting clinical practice
- improving system efficiency and access to quality care,building and enhancing businesses to provide
- high value jobs and solutions in a growing global market, and
- Developing Australia's future digital Health workforce.
The Plan
In July 2017, The Digital Health CRC applied to the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre Programme (Selection Round 17), a grant of $55 million for a seven‐year period commencing in July 2018. Having now been shortlisted for further consideration, and we will know in March/April 2018 if our application will be successful.
Over 60 organisations have joined the R&D consortium, ranging from health funders and providers, to large and small technology providers to a range of universities, from across Australia.
Timeline
AusIndustry Bid Timetable
October 2017 - Stage One outcomes and Stage Two opens
December 13 2017 - Stage Two applications close
February 2018 - Interviews held
March 2018 - Successful CRCs announced
July 2018 - CRCs commence
Benefits to an industry partner
- Research designed to address industry partner’s specific challenges & opportunities
- Each industry partner research dollar is matched by Federal Government funding
- Access to R&D findings from across the Digital Health CRC’s program
- Affordable access to high quality PhD students or postdoctoral researchers who are ‘embedded’ with the industry partner.
- Potential linkage to multiple universities managed through one organisation
- Lifts capability of partner data analytics and digital technologies teams without increasing headcount, through access to in-house software development team of the CRC.
- Generally, results in the development & deployment of partner specific software tools as legacy of the project Improved security/privacy management available with in-house hosting capability for sensitive data sets.
- Eligibility for R&D tax allowance for contributions to Digital Health CRC**
**subject to meeting R&D tax concession rules
Benefits to university partners
- Potential linkage to multiple industry partners through one organisation
- CRC expertise to drive the translation and impact of university research
- Cost effective, with a ROI of up 400% over the life of the CRC
- Capacity to fund post-doctoral researchers
- Potential for an active role in commercialisation
- Model successful in attracting top local & overseas students
- Students more likely to complete their PhD within the 3 year government funding period
- Receive mentoring in addition to their university supervisor
- Assistance with issue/problem formation
- Better platforms to analyse structured & unstructured data to reduce time to completion
- In-house training Industry placement increases employability, increasing university reputation
- Cost effective access to data
Purpose & research themes
How would it work?
University partners
Universities (full alphabetical list)
Curtin University
Federation University
Flinders University
Macquarie University
Monash University
Queensland University of Technology
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
The University of Notre Dame Australia
The University of Queensland
The University of Sydney
University of Canberra
University of South Australia
University of Technology Sydney
University of Wollongong
Western Sydney University
Government and Industry partners
Industry Participants (full alphabetical list)
Insurance
Australian Health Service Alliance
Insurance Australia Group Ltd
Transport Accident Commission
Public Health – Ministries and Agencies
ACT Health
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Australian Digital Health Agency
Australian Sports Anti-doping Authority (ASADA)
Department of Health (Commonwealth)
Department of Health Northern Territory
Health Service Alliance
Insurance Australian
NSW Health
Population Health Research Network
Public Health – Ministries and Agencies
Queensland Health
Western Australia Department of Health
Public Health Local Health Districts and Health & Hospital Services
Alfred Health (Victoria)
Eastern Health (Victoria)
Metro North Hospitals & Health Service (Queensland)
Metro South Hospitals & Health Service (Queensland)
Western Australia Country Health Service
Primary Health Networks
Capital Health Network
Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network
Gippsland Primary Health Network
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network
WA Primary Health Alliance
Health Services Providers
Adventist Health Care
Cabrini Health Ltd
Healthe Care Australia Pty Ltd
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
St John of God Health Care Inc
Yourtown
Medium-Large Technology & Solutions Companies
Alcidion Corporation Ltd
Chappell Dean
FRED IT Group
Genome.One Pty Ltd
GuildLink
HAMB Systems Ltd
HMS
InfoXchange
Lorica Health
Pen CS Pty Ltd
RITEQ Pty Ltd
Telstra Health
Smaller Technology & Solutions Companies & Start-ups
Boundlss P/L
Connected Enterprises P/L (trading as Care Circle)
eHealthier P/L
goAct P/L
Lone Alarm P/L
Mirus Australia
Outcome Health
SiSU Wellness P/L
Springday P/L
Wave Digital P/L
Aged Care & Disability
The Aged Care Guild
Bupa Foundation (Australia) Ltd
National Disability Services
Retire Australia Care and Services Pty Ltd
Sapphire Holdings Group Australia Ltd
Regulators and Colleges
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Other
Amgen Australia Pty Ltd (pharmaceuticals)
The Australian Red Cross Blood Service
ANDHealth Ltd (incubator)
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd
Janchor Partners Management Ltd (investment house)
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