"The Centre for Health Innovation provides a unique and valuable
service to the health sector - nurturing the formative evidence base
for practical healthcare ICT. The Centre has the right mission and
capability to assure transparent dialogue between policy makers,
healthcare providers and vendors to jointly develop a shared
understanding of how health IT innovation investment can improve
performance and accelerate gains for the sector. Cisco is delighted
to support the Centre's initiatives in moving the technology and
health reform agenda to a new level of effectiveness."
Malcolm Miller, Healthcare
Business Development - Australia and New Zealand
Cisco Systems Australia
Pty Ltd
“When
you work at the cutting edge it is important to keep the edges sharp.
The Centre for Health Innovation has provided horizon scanning to make
sure we continue in the right direction. Examples are the thin client for logon to medical information
systems, RFID applications for tracking portable equipment and patients
and the hands-free wireless communications system……. I want them all.”
Professor Ken Thomson, Director
Radiology
The Alfred Hospital
“The Centre has been invaluable in linking Intensive Care with
industry. Through this partnership, we have co-developed a wireless
point-of-care solution which delivers IT services to the patient’s
bedside. This has been tremendously helpful in improving staff access
to patient information and provided a platform for further expansion.
Patient care has been enhanced considerably.”
Dr Tim Leong, Deputy Head, General ICU and
Head Quality Improvement
The Alfred Hospital
“Loddon Mallee Health Alliance has chosen
to work with CHI because we both share the vision to deliver improved
quality of health care through innovative uses of new technologies. This
partnership will bring significant patient and health benefits to
regional, rural and remote North Central Victoria”
Bruce Winzar, CIO
Loddon Mallee Health Alliance
"Smart Health is a niche solution provider in the formidable world
of eHealth; the Centre offers us unique opportunities to be
showcased to public health agencies, which are not always available
to small innovative players. The Centre presents health technology
in a high quality, professional environment, supported by
knowledgeable staff that bring solutions to life. The Centre is a
most valuable asset to Australian healthcare innovation."
Peter Flower
Smart Health
Solutions Pty Ltd
“The underlying
objective of any innovation is to deliver added value and productivity
to the users of those capabilities. For Intel Corporation, the Centre
provides us with meaningful linkages to the healthcare community and
enables us to engage those users, wherever they are in the health
system. Intel is delighted to be
actively supporting the development of the Centre for Health Innovation.
It provides a much needed focal point for healthcare research and
industry development in Australia.”
Philip Cronin, South East Asia Director,
Sales and Marketing Group
Intel Corporation
“The
Centre is a very visible, high profile facility within the health
industry for a broad range of groups: politicians, students in training,
specialist clinicians and other hospitals. At Dimension Data we
definitely see this as a showcase opportunity. In a cost-effective way
we can trial and demonstrate our technology and solutions in a ‘real’
setting without the risks inherent in testing in an actual hospital
environment. This Centre will holistically bring together the smaller
pilots of health technology currently being performed all over
Australia, and help the industry as a whole move forward in embracing
technology.”
Rodd Cunico, Southern Region
Manager
Dimension Data
“The Centre will play an
important and independent role in facilitating meaningful health supply
chain reform projects between ourselves, as the providers of enabling
technology, and health providers and suppliers wishing to collaborate on
exciting initiatives with industry wide implications. An independent
evaluation of these project outcomes will be a key element in their
wider acceptance.”
Kevin Page, CEO
hTrak Pty Ltd
“To
Merlon Healthcare Communications, the Centre for Health Innovation has
bridged the gap between product development and implementation. The
on-site collaboration between technology suppliers and medical
professionals allows us the opportunity to implement technology with
instantaneous results, thus demonstrating the benefits of emerging
technologies to the healthcare sector in an environment which is
supportive to that end.”
Milton Russell, Managing Director
Merlon Healthcare Communications Pty Ltd
“The Centre
for Health Innovation offers a unique value to all of us in the
provision of healthcare in Australia. Our emphasis on continuous
innovation and seamless integration is to deliver a positive impact on
the cost-effective and safe delivery of healthcare within the acute
point of care areas. The Centre provides a forum for evaluating and
testing those impacts in an independent clinical environment whilst
providing educational opportunities for the clinical and support staff
within the region. We are proud to be associated with the Centre.”
Stephen
Knight, Managing Director
Dräger Medical Australia Pty Ltd
“The
Centre for Health Innovation
provides the ideal environment
for medical and allied medical personnel to develop and refine their
skills. Stryker has had a long history in training and education within
the medical community. As such Stryker is proud to partner with the
Centre to assist in the ongoing development of our health workers.”
Peter Baillie, Director Fixation
Stryker South Pacific
“New
product realisation will be achieved in an environment where a business
concept can be demonstrated by an industrially-relevant, pre-production
prototype of the product. The Centre for Health Innovation provides a
much needed 'test-bed' to bring together clinicians, product design
engineers, and technologists who together can develop new products,
particularly medical devices, to meet rapidly emerging user needs.”
Angus M Robinson, Chief Executive
AEEMA (member of the Strategic Leaders Group for the Medical Devices
Industry Action Agenda)
“The
Centre for Health Innovation demonstrates, in a very practical way, how
improved communication and interaction between health professionals,
patients and affiliated organisations can significantly improve patient
care, reduce cost, and extend services beyond the physical hospital. As
part of Cisco's Connected Health strategy, Cisco is excited to be a
founding technology partner of the Centre for Health Innovation.”
Jeffrey Tobias, Business Development
Manager – Vertical Markets
Cisco Systems Australia Pty Ltd
