The Australian e-Health Research Centre is a leading national research facility applying information and communication technology to improving health services and clinical treatment for Australians.
CSIRO's joint venture in e-health research with the Queensland Government was established in 2003 as the e-Health Research Centre.
In 2008 the partnership was extended to 2012 and the centre renamed the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC).
Under the renewed contracts, the partners will contribute an additional A$20 million, supplemented by in kind contributions.
The Brisbane-based AEHRC combines CSIRO's capabilities in information and communication technology and health, with Queensland's extensive health research and clinical expertise.
In Brisbane, and at research nodes in other states, the AEHRC develops and deploys leading edge information and communication technology innovations in healthcare to:
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improve service delivery in the Queensland and Australian health systems
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generate commercialisation revenue
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increase the pool of world-class e-health expertise in Australia.
Specialist staff
The AEHRC combines CSIRO's capabilities in information and communication technology and health with Queensland's extensive health research and development, and clinical expertise.
The AEHRC's multi-disciplinary team includes internationally prominent researchers, software engineers and doctoral students, dedicated to serving the needs of patients, clinicians and health agencies.
The AEHRC researchers and engineers are experts in:
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database and data integration technology
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clustering and analysis of patient data
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electronic health records
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ontology (clinical terminology) engineering
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query and retrieval of complex data
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natural language processing
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biomedical image analysis.
National approach
As its national research and development role expanded, the Centre established research nodes at:
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Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
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Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria
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Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
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University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria.
Researchers in Adelaide and Melbourne are working on a BioGrid Australia project, to which the AEHRC also contributes.
The AEHRC's projects benefit from close collaboration with hospitals and other healthcare research organisations.
Read about the AEHRC's research in Revolutionising healthcare through information and communication technologies.
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