QDHeC Queensland Digital Health Centre

Healthcare as it is currently delivered in Australia is not sustainable. Health systems are straining under rising costs, increasing demand and growing wait times.

The data needed to make complex healthcare decisions is stored in both paper and electronic records, making it hard to access and connect. And health research lacks the capability and capacity to translate this data into knowledge that can rapidly transform the healthcare system and improve healthcare outcomes.

Digital health is increasingly recognised around the world as the backbone of optimal healthcare delivery, opening new ways to deliver care to more people, more efficiently.

The Queensland Digital Health Centre will become the engine room of our digital healthcare future.

We are creating an enduring, world-class virtual facility with a self-sustaining group of high-quality researchers across clinical informatics, business, mathematics, ICT and data science.

They will generate new research and innovation and speed up translation of new knowledge into improved digital healthcare.
Our vision is for a digitally enabled Learning Healthcare System that delivers on the Quadruple Aim of healthcare which includes improved clinician and patient experiences, lower costs and better outcomes.

Our work aligns with the Three Horizons of digital transformation for healthcare: optimising digital workflows, data and analytics, and new and innovative models of care.