Innovation Challenge - Sustainable Health Priorities grants to improve WA health system
A total of $4,058,872 has been awarded to 10 Western Australian innovators to develop and implement innovative solutions across Sustainable Health Priority areas related to the Sustainable Health Review (SHR) Final Report.
The SHR was undertaken to assist in the delivery of a WA health system that is more person-centred, and to provide innovative and financially sustainable care to ensure Western Australians receive excellent care, closer to home.
The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Innovation Challenge – Sustainable Health Priorities supports WA innovation capability and capacity building and the development of high-quality innovations that contribute to the Sustainable Health Priority areas.
The program is funded by the FHRI Fund which provides a secure source of funding to drive health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation.
The following Innovation Challenge – Sustainable Health Priorities recipients have been awarded grants through this program.
| Activity lead | Responsible entity | Activity title | Funding awarded |
| Prof Girish Dwivedi | Lubdub Technologies Pty Ltd | Mapping Heart Health at Home: Remote and Rapid Cardiac Assessment | $436,900 |
| Prof Kylie Hill | Curtin University | Pioneering innovative, sustainable and scalable solutions to improve the utilisation of pulmonary rehabilitation programs in Perth, Western Australia | $449,346 |
| Ms Roslyn Jones | East Metropolitan Health Service | Smart Scheduling: Using digital prediction to streamline access to care. | $449,931 |
| Dr Jayne Kotz | Murdoch University | My Baby, My Culture, My Journey: Creating seamless interagency cultural safety in the perinatal care for Aboriginal Mothers in the Pilbara | $450,000 |
| Dr Brennen Mills | Edith Cowan University | Immersive Violence and Aggression De-escalation Experience (IVADE) | $396,551 |
| Prof Bill (William) Morgan | Lions Eye Institute | Accessible collaborative community eyecare service ACCES | $276,511 |
| Dr Bronwyn Raykos | Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI), North Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Public Health Dental Services | GroundED – A digital application for eating disorders that supports safe and connected recovery | $444,159 |
| Mr Mark Slattery | Ruah Community Services | Integrated health care for women and children experiencing family and domestic violence | $445,382 |
| Ms Louise Splatt | East Metropolitan Health Service | HabitHack – Recovery tools in everyday life | $260,092 |
| Dr Dayse Tavora-Vieira | South Metropolitan Health Service | Implementing home-based auditory training and rehabilitation program for older cochlear implant users: improving patients’ outcome in a sustainable model of care | $450,000 |