The event brought together some of the brightest minds from across health services, government, industry and academia to discuss healthcare innovation and the role of health and innovation precincts as an agency of collaboration and sustainable development.
Senior leaders from the RHIP partnership affirmed the importance of the Precinct to their strategic aims and discussed the types of innovation they believe will transform future health and their role in delivering that future.
Throughout the seminar, our experts discussed the significant challenges our health system is facing, notably, the acute pressures on the healthcare workforce and the capability of our aged care facilities to manage future pandemics.
They also shed light on some of the new treatments that promise to revolutionise contemporary medicine, such as precision oncology and RNA therapeutics, and the critical future role of digital health.
During the panel discussion, some of the complexities of healthcare innovation were examined. The importance of more dynamic policy settings and a whole-of-government approach was highlighted to ensure that the pipeline for new medical product development is supported consistently. Better collaboration between industry, public research institutions and the health services was seen as essential and precincts like RHIP are providing a critical platform for enabling such collaboration. Competition between health precincts must be avoided and a ‘Team Australia’ approach is imperative for achieve a complimentary and unified voice to global markets.
In case you missed it, you can view the recording here.
RHIP is committed to supporting healthcare innovation and welcomes any and all opportunities to collaborate with industry. If you have any ideas in mind, please contact Dr Stephen Palmer directly - s.palmer@unsw.edu.au.
For more information on how RHIP works with industry, please view our Industry Prospectus here.