Accenture’s APAC Health Lead, Penny O’Hara, on the use of big data in healthcare

Associate professor Yvette Miller, from Queensland University of Technology’s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, on a study of the determinants of normal birth.

Associate professor Sandy Walker from Flinders University on a new nurse call device that allows people with a range of physical disabilities to call for assistance in a way that isn't possible with previous nurse call technologies.

Dr Trudi Collet, from the Indigenous Medicines Group in the Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, on research into the use of plants in treating golden staph infections, chronic wounds, and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Professor Wendy Moyle, from Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland, on her research exploring the role and needs of family carers of people with dementia across acute care settings.

Associate professor of emergency care at Griffith University and Gold Coast Health Julia Crilly on a research project that will look into the value of providing 24-hour emergency nursing care for people held in police watchhouses.

BHI chief executive Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque on the Snapshot Report, based on results from the Adult Admitted Patient Survey

Chief cancer officer and chief executive of Cancer Institute NSW professor David Currow on the Patient Perspectives report, which is based on results from the Adult Admitted Patient Survey.

Dr Lis Neubeck, senior lecturer at the Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Nursing School, on a $200,000 grant to further her team's research in preventing stroke through early detection of atrial fibrillation via technologies such as smartphones.

ThinkPlace program director Ledia Andrawes and Darren Menachemson, prinicpal at ThinkPlace, discuss a smart phone application that helps empower remote Ghanian nurses.