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Australian e-Health Research Centre: a partnership between CSIRO and the Queensland Government
Through the Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO invests significantly in using information and communication technologies to improve healthcare and clinical treatment for all Australians.
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27 July 2011 | Updated 14 October 2011
The Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is the leading national research facility applying information and communication technologies (ICT) to the improvement of health services and clinical treatment for all Australians.
The AEHRC aims to be a research partner for health departments around Australia as we build a sustainable health system for the nation.
Collaborating for impact
The AEHRC is a joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government. It was established in 2003 as the e-Health Research Centre and renamed the AEHRC in 2008 to reflect the national focus of the newly extended partnership.
Our joint venture partners include:
- Queensland Health
- Queensland’s Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.
By partnering with industry, and working closely with some of the best practitioners and hospitals across Australia, the AEHRC has delivered ICT solutions that are making the health system more efficient and providing safer, higher quality services.
AEHRC headquarters is at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland.
We have a research nodes at CSIRO's Floreat site in Perth, Western Australia.
Our research
The AEHRC combines CSIRO’s capabilities in ICT and health with Queensland’s extensive health research and clinical expertise.
The AEHRC’s multidisciplinary team of some 40 research staff includes internationally prominent researchers, software engineers and doctoral students.
Activities include internally funded, strategic research projects, as well as programs funded by grants and commercialisation activities.
The AEHRC is delivering ICT solutions making the health system more efficient and providing safer, higher quality services.
Research is focused in three areas:
Biomedical imaging
Automated imaging and image analysis techniques for diagnosis, treatment planning and research, as well as underpinning our surgical planning work and surgical simulator.
Our research in this area includes:
Improving treatment of prostate cancerCSIRO advanced automatic imaging technology underpins a new method of planning radiotherapy that saves time, money and improves health outcomes for patients.
Mobile- and tele-health
Combining new communication technologies with clinical science and the study of human behaviour to improve health services in rural and remote Australia and expand community or home-based care.
Our research in this area includes:
Smart methods for handling medical data
Internationally recognised activities in medical terminologies, machine learning, data linkage, and data mining that are improving the quality and accessibility of medical data.
Our research in this area includes:
Reducing bottlenecks in hospitalsCSIRO software predicts how many patients will arrive at emergency, their medical needs and how many will be admitted or discharged.
Read about the technical details of Research at the AEHRC [external link].
The Australian e-Health Research Centre is a joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government.
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