Thanking our 2015 Sponsors & Exhibitors

QGC

Major Sponsor

QGC Pty Limited is the Australian asset of BG Group plc. London Stock Exchange-listed BG Group is a world leader in natural gas with a broad portfolio of business interests focused on exploration and production and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Active in more than 20 countries on five continents, BG Group combines a deep understanding of gas markets with a proven track record in finding and commercialising reserves. In December 2014, QGC became the first operation in the world to produce LNG from natural gas sourced from coal seams and is now adding volumes and flexibility to BG’s global LNG portfolio. The start of production from QGC’s first LNG train is the result of more than four years of development and construction on Curtis Island near Gladstone and in the gasfields of the Surat Basin through the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project.

qgc.com.au

Avizia

Bronze Sponsor

Avizia delivers the only fully-integrated telemedicine solution combining video collaboration devices with clinical workflow management and HIPAA compliant communication software – designed, implemented and maintained by a team of clinical and technical experts. Avizia solutions can be found in more than 35 countries across an increasing number of service lines, such as emergency treatment, telestroke, telederm, behavioral health and pediatric care.    

www.avizia.com

Telstra Health

Conference Dinner Sponsor & Exhibitor

Telstra Health is a provider of eHealth solutions with the ambition to create a better health system for patients, providers and health insurers. We are the partner of choice, working with medical experts, the health sector, government, funders as well as the world’s best and most innovative eHealth companies to build a future where eHealth solutions are integrated together to create a brilliantly different health care system. Telstra Health has a suite of innovative telehealth solutions including Anywhere Healthcare, MyCareManager, National Telehealth Connection Service and ReadyCare.

www.telstra.com/health

Auslan Connections

Exhibitor

Auslan Connections, (a joint venture of Deaf Services Queensland and Vicdeaf) have extensive experience in meeting the diverse communication needs of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities across Australia.  With an interpreter pool of over 260 NAATI accredited Auslan interpreters across Australia, Auslan Connections has experience in delivering quality interpreting services through a variety of settings including onsite and online.  Auslan Connections provides a secure nationwide Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) service, to hospitals, education institutions and workplaces.  As a not-for-profit organisation, Auslan Connections is committed to re-investing profits into supporting the Deaf community and Auslan interpreting sector.  Phone:  1300 010 877.  

www.auslanconnections.com.au

Blamey Saunders hears

Exhibitor

Blamey Saunders hears (BSH) is a telehealth company and Australia’s only commercial teleaudiology service. Using the unique, award-winning IHearYou® system, clients can fully customise their Blamey Saunders hearing aids to their personal preferences without the need to visit an audiologist.  Should they require help, BSH’s business model means that remote assistance is conveniently accessible from one of the company’s hearing or technology experts by phone, email or screen-sharing.  

Clients have access to premium level hearing aids at an affordable price and the convenience of using the IHearYou system wherever there is an internet connection, anywhere in the world.  

The company and its founders, Professor Peter Blamey and Dr Elaine Saunders, have received numerous awards in recent years in recognition of the application of their research, innovative world-leading product design, execution of their business model and most importantly, service to the community.

www.blameysaunders.com.au

Coviu

Exhibitor

Coviu is an emerging startup Data61 (formerly NICTA) company specialising in developing innovative digital service delivery platforms underpinned by extensive WebRTC research and high level User Experience design. Coviu offers multi-part feature rich video collaboration using standard consumer hardware to deliver government, health and education services over consumer Internet. The Coviu.com portal enables health professionals to deliver their services online via a Web application hosted in the cloud. Coviu.com is now open for closed beta access. Coviu has won a national iAward in the Regional, Inclusion & Community domain for our work in remote speech pathology and speech assessments.

www.coviu.com

Inline Medical & Dental

Exhibitor

INLINE Medical & Dental specialise in the supply and installation of the latest technology in imaging systems for the medical and dental sectors. Within the Telehealth sector we supply portable medical camera’s that support professionals who practice in Dental, ENT, Dermatology, General Practice, Telehealth and other specialties. 

The latest product in our range of medical devices is the FLEXICAM MOBILE Medical Camera.   This state-of-the art system incorporates the latest in CCD Imaging technology utilising a high resolution medical camera and an integrated LED light source, along with an image capture and archiving system with USB image and video storage. The revolutionary hand piece design integrates a complete range of interchangeable probes to cover a number of medical specialities. The probes include an otoscope probe, full face probe, dermatology probe, dental probe and sinus probe whilst also connecting surgical endoscopes via the endoscope adaptor. The result is a compact, portable, lightweight camera solution which can be easily applied to the requirements of any medical practice or travelling practitioner.

www.inline.com.au

natr

Exhibitor

“natr” (pronounced 'natter') is a hosted video conference solution provider specialising in health and education sectors. natr provides the only 100% Australian owned Video Cloud. Offering industry leading surety of service with a 4 year 100% Uptime Record.  “natr” provides all the functionality required for Telehealth, including bridging, recording, streaming, multiparty calling and scheduling as a virtualised managed solution. 

The natr Cloud is backed by 24/7 local support hosted in Australian data centres. With its close relationship with Vidyo natr also offers customisation for seamless integration of Video into partner applications and portals. A cost effective solution challenging the traditional models of Video Conferencing this solution can provide all your requirements for Video in Healthcare.  

The underlying technology provided by Vidyo is used in the largest most successful telehealth networks globally

Read more about it here - http://www.vidyo.com/company/news-and-events/press-releases/vidyo-recognized-leader-gartner-magic-quadrant-group-video-systems/ 

www.vicwestcommunitytelco.com.au

Telehealth Networks

Exhibitor

Telehealth Networks delivers an end-to-end Telehealth solution that includes the necessary hardware, software, and network infrastructure to facilitate a turnkey solution for fully comprehensive remote-capable patient healthcare monitoring. 
 
The Telehealth Networks technology provides an innovative Telehealth solution that delivers quality healthcare anytime, anywhere, through a range of clinically precise and reliable telemetry medical devices   The intuitive yet truly advanced software platform allows patients, doctors and health organisations to seamlessly integrate with all healthcare professionals and specialist networks required for full patient healthcare.   

The result is a Telehealth solution that presents as the most powerful ecosystem for a comprehensive healthcare solution over the web. 

The Telehealth Networks software platform has been developed in two applications to integrate information gathering and sharing between the patient (Instavitals Software) and healthcare professionals (Atrium Software) – both integrated with videoconferencing functionality (Vizy Software).   
Each proprietary Telehealth Networks software application works together to provide the very best Telehealth solution. 

There are three core components to the Telehealth Networks which all work together, to achieve the desired outcome of facilitating the fully comprehensive Telehealth system: 

Our Telehealth Applications

® -   A mobile app for patients, healthcare professionals and corporations. The app connects to our Telehealth Network devices via Bluetooth and securely transmits to our software platform Atrium, via Wi-Fi, Sat band, 3G/4G. The app contains an inbuilt appointment scheduler, medication management system, message broadcast functionality and one touch video conferencing using our own software platform Vizy.

 -  A web based portal for healthcare professionals and organisations. It enables healthcare professionals to securely access and view the patients vital data send from Instavitals®. It also provides an inbuilt referral system, appointment management system and one touch video conferencing using Vizy.

  - VIZY- An inbuilt video conferencing solution in Instavitals and Atrium which works on both desktop and mobiles. It is secure and reliable with both application and data sharing capabilities. It uses low bandwidth capability at just 130kbps. It has a multi user and multi window feature, and works across multiple vendors such as Tandberg® and Polycom® to name a few.

Data is captured through a range of products – depending on the requirements of the patient.  At the site of the patient the device allows seamless capture and transfer of a vital signs to the innovative Telehealth Networks software platform for analysis and review.  Easy to use with a one-touch operation, Telehealth Networks devices are precise and reliable and Bluetooth V4 enabled allowing everyone to be able to use the technology.   Telehealth Networks devices include: 

•     Spirometer – lung function monitoring. 
•     Blood Glucometer – blood glucose monitoring. 
•     Pulse Oximeter – blood oxygen level monitoring. 
•     Weight Scale – body mass index monitoring.  
•     Thermometer – body temperature monitoring. 
•     12 Lead ECG – heart function monitoring. 
•     Electronic Sphygmomanometer –blood pressure monitoring. 

 All our devices are TGA, CE and FDA approved and work synchronously with our software.

For further information you can call us at 1300672347 or email [email protected]

www.telehealthnetworks.com.au/

ATHS

Sponsor

The ATHS provides a forum for information sharing, investigation and promotion of Telehealth for everyone involved in providing healthcare over a distance in Australia and New Zealand. 

www.aths.org.au

Centre for Online Health

Sponsor

The Centre for Online Health (COH) is a part of the School of Medicine within the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Queensland.

Since 1999, the COH has been recognised internationally for its role in research, service delivery and education and training in the fields of telemedicine, telehealth and e-Healthcare. The COH's multidisciplinary team of clinicians, academic researchers, educators, technicians, engineers and administrators brings together a broad mix of skills.

The centre's keys areas of activity are:

• Clinically focussed research with an emphasis on examining the feasiblity, efficacy, clinical effectiveness and economics of telehealth and telemedicine in a variety of settings
• Academic and vocational education and training in e-Healthcare and clinical telehealth
• As a service provider of clinical telemedicine services

These three synergistic activities provide a unique environment in which telemedicine within the modern health service may be explored and understood.

www.uq.edu.au/coh

The Centre of Research Excellence in Telehealth

Sponsor

CRET

The aim of the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Telehealth is to accelerate research in telehealth. The CRE’s goal is to: - increase research on translating proven telehealth systems into practice - increase the number of researchers and health practitioners in telehealth.

www.cretelehealth.org.au

University of Queensland

Sponsor

The University of Queensland (UQ) is in the top 100 universities worldwide, measured through a number of major independent university rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings and, Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.

UQ is also the largest university in Queensland.  The University’s global research positioning was highlighted by the election of five UQ scientists to the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) in 2013 – one quarter of the 20 new Fellows and the most from any institution in the country.

www.uq.edu.au

American Telemedicine Association

Supporter

The American Telemedicine Association is the leading international resource and advocate promoting the use of advanced remote medical technologies. ATA and its diverse membership, works to fully integrate telemedicine into transformed healthcare systems to improve quality, equity and affordability of healthcare throughout the world.  

www.americantelemed.org

The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth

Supporter

The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth aims to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth and to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide. 

www.isfteh.org