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The portable point of care devices, which give remote providers the capability to image, measure and record wounds and skin healing data, will be deployed across Western Australia.

With the explosion in the amount of healthcare data being collected, one of the key challenges lie in the quality of data, as well as making the right decisions to use the appropriate data to measure specific health outcomes or predictions.

A recent pilot study, whose results were published in the Medical Journal of Australia, compared the results 2D screenings with 3D mammography technology, known as tomosynthesis.

The partnership is part of the Swinburne-based Victorian Medical Device Partnering Program, an ideas incubator that supports the development of medical technologies.

Researchers will also focus on adapting existing clinical decision support methods from the acute care sector, collaborating with clinicians to understand reliable signs of patient deterioration.

There will be three sub tracks at the Summit: Data, Innovation and Empowering Patient.

Proposed technology initiatives range from telehealth and remote patient monitoring to predictive analytics, mobile workforce computing and artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.

The system, developed by Cerner and tailored to fit Sydney LHD, is part of the wider digital transformation of the hospitals in Sydney and across NSW.

Tess van der Rijt, founder and CEO of Patient Connector and now CEO of Medinet, says it's "a natural fit" for Patient Connector to sit as a product within a company that begins with GPs providing consultations to Australians accessing health care online.

Australians can benefit from being able to access their tests and reports in their My Health Record, enabling them to keep track of their results, monitor and compare results over time and access their data whenever needed.