We’re imag­in­ing a bet­ter-con­nect­ed health­care sys­tem in South Aus­tralia with LIINC+ (Lead­ing Inno­va­tion Inter­face Con­nec­tions) — an ini­tia­tive designed to break down bar­ri­ers between hos­pi­tals, gen­er­al prac­ti­tion­ers, and com­mu­ni­ty health ser­vices. By har­ness­ing arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI), remote mon­i­tor­ing, and smart tech­nol­o­gy, LIINC+ aims to stream­line care, reduce admin bur­dens, and improve patient outcomes.

What is LIINC+?

LIINC+ is a for­ward-think­ing pro­gram to cre­ate a seam­less, more effi­cient health­care sys­tem rep­re­sent­ing a fresh approach to health­care inte­gra­tion. The ini­tia­tive focus­es on:

• Lead­ing: Spear­head­ing inno­v­a­tive health­care solutions

• Inno­va­tion: Imple­ment­ing cut­ting-edge technologies

• Inter­face: Cre­at­ing seam­less con­nec­tions between health­care providers

• Con­nec­tions: Build­ing stronger net­works across the health­care system

• Plus: Addi­tion­al fund­ing to sup­port transformation

Why is it important?

This new pro­gram direct­ly address­es the press­ing needs of both patients and health­care work­ers by:

• Stream­lin­ing infor­ma­tion flow between hos­pi­tals, GPs, and aged care facilities

• Reduc­ing admin­is­tra­tive bur­den on health­care workers

• Improv­ing patient care through bet­ter data sharing

Inno­va­tion at work

The LIINC+ project com­bines sev­er­al excit­ing tech­nolo­gies and approaches:

• AI-pow­ered dis­charge sum­maries to save clin­i­cian time

• Remote home mon­i­tor­ing for region­al patients

• CareMap­pr plat­form for real-time clin­i­cal deci­sion support

• Advanced endometrio­sis diag­no­sis using arti­fi­cial intelligence

Get involved

Health­care pro­fes­sion­als inter­est­ed in con­tribut­ing to this trans­for­ma­tive ini­tia­tive can con­tact ceih@​sa.​gov.​au. Stay tuned for reg­u­lar updates on project mile­stones and oppor­tu­ni­ties for involvement.