The development of a smart ecosystem to support people with heart failure
Date: 9 May 2024
Time: 3.00pm to 4.00pm (Melbourne Time zone) https://bakeridi.zoom.us/j/98895735259?pwd=SmhRNTJRWDFQaU0yRlBhQk56aytIZz09
Dr Zhang and Dr Jansons will discuss the development an NHMRC IDEAS grant led by Prof Ralph Maddison, CIB of the NHMRC CRE in Interactive Digital Technology to Transform Australia’s Chronic Disease Outcomes: SmartHeart A smart ecosystem to support people with heart failure. SmartHeart will deploy state-of-the-art sensing technologies to understand people with heart failure’s behaviours and symptoms, and deliver individualised support to improve self-management, health outcomes, and reduce hospital admissions and mortality in this priority population. We have used co- design and participatory research methods to develop the SmartHeart ecosystem with end users and healthcare providers as active participants in the process. The feasibility and acceptability of implementing our Smart-Heart ecosystem alongside existing health services for the management of heart failure will be explored so that Smart-Heart can be rapidly translated into practice.
Consumer Informatics: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
Date: 13 June 2024
Time: 3.00pm to 4.00pm (Melbourne Time zone) https://bakeridi.zoom.us/j/98895735259?pwd=SmhRNTJRWDFQaU0yRlBhQk56aytIZz09
Consumer Informatics investigates the ‘impact’, ‘design’ and ‘science’ of digital technology for patients and consumers. In this presentation, we will present the Consumer Informatics research program at the Australian Institute of Health (AIHI) Innovation within Macquarie University. A/Prof Lau, along with her team, will give a brief overview of past decades of research in Consumer Informatics as health services attempt to deliver person-centred care using consumer-facing technology. They will also discuss their current research program at AIHI, and future research opportunities. This will be a highly interactive session where members of the audience are encouraged to share their insights on and priorities to help map out the Consumer Informatics research agenda in the next decade.
Career Development Program Members Highlights
Robab started a new job in January 2024 as the digital health project manager and the data-driven and informatics lead at Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre. Link to website: https://monashpartners.org.au
Kaley, Marlien, colleague Janet were awarded the 2023 CSIRO Health and Biosecurity Entrepreneurship Award in recognition of their work in developing and translating the MoTHer platform. “This award promotes entrepreneurial approaches to customers by recognising teams or individuals who have turned an opportunity into reality through curiosity, adaptability and courage.”
‘A Randomized Controlled Trial: Utilising IoT to Support Older to Live in Their Own Homes for Longer’ is a finalist in the Research category of the IoT Awards. The winners will be announced on the 13th June: https://www.iothub.com.au/iot-impact#.
Convened 1-day conference for “Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association – Victoria and Tasmania” on 19/04. The event targeted cardiovascular/allied health professional capacity development. Additionally, facilitated an interactive workshop titled “Improving the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation referrals”. The workshop guided attendees to identify and prioritise factors that reduce referral effectiveness, and begin designing solutions/improvements.
Recent Publication Highlights from CDP Members:
- Trigg J, Rich J, Williams E, Baker A, Bauld L, Borland R, Bullen C, Daglish M, Dunlop A, Gartner C, Jacka D, Lubman D, Manning V, McCrohan R, Segan C, Walker N, Bonevski B. A qualitative study of using nicotine products for smoking cessation after discharge from residential drug and alcohol treatment in Australia more
- Snelling S, Yong HH, Kasza K, Borland R. Does alcohol consumption elevate smoking relapse risk of people who used to smoke? Differences by duration of smoking abstinence. J Subst Use Addict Treat more
- Baker AL, McCarter K, Turner A, Segan C, Castle D, Brophy L, Borland R, Kelly PJ, Bonevski B, Baird D, Filia S, Attia J, Szwec S, Palazzi K, White SL, Williams JM, Wrobel AL, Ireland A, Saxby K, Ghijben P, Petrie D, Sweeney R. ‘Quitlink’: Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of peer researcher facilitated referral to a tailored quitline tobacco treatment for people receiving mental health services more
- Zhao, L., Abdolkhani, R., Walter, R., Petersen, S., Butler-Henderson, K., & Livesay, K. (2024). National survey on understanding nursing academics’ perspectives on digital health education more
- Short, C.E., Rawstorn, J.C., Jones, T.L., Edbrooke, L., Hayes, S.C., Maddison, R., Nightingale, S., Ismail, H., De Boer, R., Hegi-Johnson, F. and Sverdlov, A.L., 2024. Evaluating a Remotely Delivered Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation Intervention for Patients With Breast Cancer (REMOTE-COR-B) more
- Islam, S.M.S., Miranda, J.J., Zoungas, S. and Maddison, R., 2024. Premature mortality projections to inform clinical practice and public health priorities more
- Gallegos-Rejas VM, Rawstorn JC, Gallagher R, Mahoney R, Thomas EE. 2024. Key features in telehealth-delivered cardiac rehabilitation required to optimize cardiovascular health in coronary heart disease: a systematic review and realist synthesis more
- Short CE, Rawstorn JC, Jones TL, Edbrooke L, Hayes S, Maddison R, Nightingale S, Ismail H, De Boer R, Hegi-Johnson F, Sverdlov A, Bell R, Halligan I, Denehy L. 2024. Evaluating a Remotely delivered Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation intervention for Breast cancer patients (REMOTE-COR-B): Protocol for a single arm, feasibility trial more