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Project profiles - round 10
The projects funded in round 10 were targeted a specific e-health and e-logistics priorities. Many of the projects accelerate the innovative application of information and communication technology solutions and have a specific focus on small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Job Scheduling for Casual Nursing
This Perth-based project will allow nurses, employers and staffing agencies to collaborate online to provide a better supply of casual nurses to hospitals and aged care facilities. It will allow employers and agencies to reduce administrative support and costs required to manage their casual workforces by streamlining process and eliminating duplicate tasks. In addition, it will provide greater flexibility and more opportunity to employees. The solution has the potential to extend to casual nursing markets outside of Western Australia and to other sectors that rely on a casual staff.
ITOL Funding: $88,047
Contact: jamesw@casualpool.com.au
Wireless Telecare in the Home
The project will use wireless technologies to transfer information from patient worn devices such as lung function and blood pressure monitors to a small, portable unit in the home. The data captured is then transferred to a central server, where it can trigger vital health services and be used to support collaborative online care planning among health professionals. Frail elderly and congestive heart failure patients from the ACT private and public health system, who may be limited by their ability to travel to medical appointments, will participate in the project. The ability for health professionals to collaborate online and monitor patients remotely will result in better coordination of care and improved health outcomes for patients.
ITOL Funding: $194,701
Contact: medcare@medcare.com.au
Empowering Cancer Patients
This Perth-based project will create an online system where patients, specialists, general practitioner, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other health professionals can collaborate to manage and treat cancer. The system is based on an online patient-managed medical record. Patients will be able to monitor and record their experiences and responses to treatment and medications. This information can then be securely shared between selected health professionals involved with the patient's care. The system will empower patients to contribute to their care on an informed basis, and support collaboration and information exchange between health professionals.
ITOL Funding: $198,950
Contact: tom.maher@virtualmedicalcentre.com
Transforming Diabetes Healthcare
This project will implement an innovative health knowledge management tool within Western Sydney Area Health Service. Using diabetes as a demonstration, The Protocol Hypothesis Testing (PHT) system will allow patients, clinicians, researchers, hospitals, health departments and suppliers to share information online about the management and treatment of diabetes. This project is innovative in the way it optimises disease management by bringing together knowledge from all parts of the health sector in a real time online environment. This project will also deliver valuable input to the non-clinical areas of the health sector such as research and population health.
ITOL Fund: $200,000
Contact: bshadbolt@pht.org.au
Secure Freight
This project will give Freight Forwarders the ability to provide a secure intra-city pickup and delivery service to their customers in a cost-effective, flexible and efficient manner. A web-based secure system will authenticate third party delivery agents, enabling lower cost intra-city pick up and delivery for the transport industry. This Sydney based project will increase efficiency in the industry by providing air express operators with real time information about the service capacity of small courier companies, allowing the industry to make better use of existing services and resources. It will also provide a secure environment for high value items such as computer chips and jewellery, and dangerous goods such as chemicals. The system will also increase SME efficiency by allowing air express operators to provide full end-to-end delivery without establishing their own distribution network.
ITOL Funding: $188,250
Contact: grant.morrison@p2pcommunity.com.au
Global Standards for Logistics
This project will demonstrate how global EAN.UCC standards can be used to improve the flow of goods and associated information through the grocery logistics supply chain. The use of standards and the latest data capture technology will eliminate inefficient manual, paper-based processes and transactions and enhance interoperability and integrity for large and small companies across the logistics chain.
ITOL Funding: $121,000
Contact: mfuller@ean.com.au
Cold Chain Validation
This project will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and web enabled software to track temperature sensitive goods such as pharmaceutical (vaccines and blood) and animal health products through the supply chain. The benefits of this approach to any goods requiring stable temperature are shorter turn around times and greater quality assurance compliance, leading to efficiency gains for supply chain participants. As shipments move through the supply chain, RFID tags attached to each consignment will be scanned upon receipt. The scanned information is then made available online in near real time. The application and trials will be based on EAN.UCC global standards.
ITOL Funding: $176,000
Contact: michael.powell@glandi.chh.com
Optimising the Grain Supply Chain
The project will create transparency of national grain flow, yielding improved returns to grain growers through reduced supply chain costs and increased grain export revenues. Visibility of grain stocks throughout the supply chain will also enable grain marketers to be better positioned to respond to export demands for grains of a particular grade, the more confident that a committed quality of grain may be delivered in full and on time.
Currently, the number of distinct holding and transport nodes leads to a lack of visibility and efficiency in national grain movements. The need for frequent planning changes as well as other issues can result in unproductive transaction charge processing, transaction errors and sub-optimal utilisation of freight and warehouse assets all resulting in unnecessary supply chain costs and sub-optimal grain prices.
This project will utilise the BizDex framework (see www.bizdex.com.au), to create a national view of grain stores, and provide efficiencies across the supply chain.
ITOL funding: $200,000
Contact: mark.bezzina@standards.com.au