NIIN Health Alliance

This joint project led by Professor Frank den Hartog and Professor Trish Williams focused on developing cyber threat models for intensive care units, which are recognised as critical infrastructure in Australia. Early work identified 13 immediate cyber threats and highlighted the risks created by interconnected health systems.

These roundtables were designed to share insights from the Digital Skills for Health pilot, identify future healthcare skill priorities, and explore how digital workforce capability could be scaled across the sector.

This initiative evolved from the 2024 summit into a broader national series of activities hosted across major Australian cities — deepening the alliance's reach and impact through local showcases and engagement with universities, health providers, and technology partners.

Tabled as a 2025 priority project by Professor Trish Williams, this research responds to the increasing vulnerability of interconnected healthcare environments by developing a Zero Trust cybersecurity blueprint tailored for healthcare settings.

Presented as a 2025 priority project by Associate Professor Alison Craswell, this work examines how digital automation can support nursing and older adult care in acute and aged care settings — reducing inefficiencies and freeing up time for patient care.

Led by Prof. Trish Williams at Flinders University, this project develops a Zero Trust cybersecurity blueprint tailored to healthcare environments, where protecting interconnected systems and sensitive data is especially critical.

ArchiTech Network and Communications Solutions began scoping a project around an AI-powered Digital Front Door solution. The project explores how agentic AI assistants and intelligent automation could improve patient and clinician experience, including triage, diagnostics, care coordination, and routine tasks.

Led by Associate Professor Alison Craswell, this study focuses on digital health adoption in older adult care and seeks evidence for better infrastructure, workforce development, co-design, and digital system integration in everyday care practice.

Held in June 2025, this executive roundtable at Innovation Central Adelaide explored cybersecurity issues in Australia's MedTech sector, including compliance, standards, lifecycle maintenance, accountability, design, and future directions.

Planned for Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide in October 2025, these roundtables were intended to bring together key digital health stakeholders to explore practical implementation strategies and solutions.

Open from July to October 2025, this survey aimed to capture current practices and capabilities across three key alliance focus areas: patient outcomes, workforce and skills, and digital infrastructure. The findings were intended to shape future roundtables and project showcases.

Following a May 2025 study visit to the RMIT Health Transformation Lab and Innovation Central Melbourne, delegates from St Luke's Medical Center expressed interest in future proof-of-concept collaboration, particularly around Digital Front Door innovation.

Held in Singapore in October 2024, this summit brought together industry, university, and health provider partners to discuss digital health trends, innovation opportunities, and challenges across the sector. It also gave the eight NIIN university partners an opportunity to present shortlisted projects for future collaboration and support across the alliance.

Launched in September 2024, this inaugural report was positioned as a practical roadmap for digital transformation in healthcare. It set out to guide stakeholders on what changes are needed, how they can be implemented, and where transformation can begin — bringing together healthcare providers, policymakers, researchers, and technologists under a shared vision.

Showcased at Cisco Live Melbourne in November 2024, this initiative presented applied health technology use cases including fall detection, altercation detection, space analysis, and robotic services delivery. It also highlighted the alliance's broader digital health work and partner projects.

Active in 2024, this project was led by Cisco in South Australia in partnership with the SA Ambulance Service and Flinders University, focused on building a connected ambulance model to improve patient outcomes. Early field trials demonstrated the importance of secure connectivity, especially in rural and remote environments.

Held on 17 September 2024, this showcase brought together industry, government, universities, startups, students, and innovators to accelerate digital innovation in healthcare. It combined presentations with interactive demonstrations of health applications and solutions.

This workforce development project began in July 2024 and ran through June 2025. It involved RMIT, Grampians Health, Cisco, and RMIT College of Vocational Education, and focused on developing five digital health skills courses for healthcare workers.

This prototype program took place in December 2024 and connected students with industry leaders to solve healthcare challenges using digital technology. It produced working prototype ideas including Pronoia AI, CareTag, and CareLink.