More than $4 million to support innovative digital solutions in WA
A total of $4,078,508 ex GST has been awarded to Western Australian innovators through the Innovative Solutions – Digital Health program.
This program promotes the development of innovative solutions to address unmet health and medical needs or opportunities in WA through the application of digital health technologies. Examples of digital health include telehealth/telemedicine, remote monitoring, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the collection, sharing and use of big-data and data analytics.
Digital health technologies hold immense promise for revolutionising the WA health system by fostering equitable, accessible, and efficient healthcare services.
The following Innovative Solutions – Digital Health recipients have been awarded grants through this program:
| Activity Lead | Activity Title | Responsible Entity | Funding Awarded |
| A/Prof Matthew Anstey | Prediction of sepsis in the Emergency Department using Artificial Intelligence | North Metropolitan Health Service | $91,300 |
| Dr Christo Bester | Reinventing Audiology with RealSound | Ear Science Institute Australia | $500,000 |
| Prof Elizabeth Davis | Data Driven Precision Care for Diabetes: A Demonstration Project | The Kids Research Institute Australia on behalf of UWA | $463,017 |
| Dr Francesco De Toni |
Validating the feasibility in clinical workflows of the Medivox technology, a reliable and safe digital medical translator | Supanova Health Pty Ltd | $99,775 |
| Dr Girish Dwivedi | Orva: an interactive, personalised generative artificial intelligence (AI)-platform for understanding and managing your own health | South Metropolitan Health Service | $483,411 |
| Dr Girish Dwivedi | Patient-Centric Data Sharing Using Blockchain Technology to Fix Clinical Trial Recruitment | South Metropolitan Health Service | $98,910 |
| Dr Vanessa Fear | Single cell CRISPR to Identify Pathogenesis with Transcriptomics (SCRIPT): a tool for genetic diagnosis. | The Kids Research Institute Australia on behalf of UWA | $434,114 |
| Dr Tudor Groza | Assessing the utility of AI-empowered personalised care plans for rare childhood diseases | Child and Adolescent Health Service | $95,900 |
| Dr Jake Kendrick | Clinical Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence for Identification and Prognosis in Metastatic Prostate Cancer | The University of Western Australia | $361,146 |
| Mr Timothy Leen | Digital Cannula Management Tool: Early Detection and Prevention of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Complications | South Metropolitan Health Service | $98,925 |
| Dr Gavin Pereira | Digital Innovation to Anticipate Vaccination Needs and to Support Families for Vaccination in Metropolitan Perth | Curtin University | $330,987 |
| Dr Ana Vafadarshamasbi | Innovative Digital Insulin Transdermal Delivery System for Type 2 Diabetes Management | Edith Cowan University | $100,000 |
| Dr Kevin Wernli | Optimising Outcomes: A comprehensive digital pre-post (and beyond) program for people undergoing laparoscopy for endometriosis | Matilda Health Pty Ltd | $421,300 |
| Dr Louise Winteringham | Building a clinical tool to deliver a precision medicine approach for liver cancer | The University of Western Australia | $499,723 |