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The Hospital Research Foundation Group (HRFG) awarded the funding as part of its Catalyst Grant Scheme, which targets projects aimed at addressing an unmet need in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s healthcare services.

Catalyst grants are also intended to provide a springboard for projects that have high potential for winning a future MRFF (Medical Research Future Fund) grant.

A project led by Associate Professor Johan Verjans, who is from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Institute for Machine Learning, will examine ways AI can be utilised to accurately convert conversations during consultations into clinical notes.

This project, which was awarded $55,778, will make the critical but time-consuming task of clinical documentation less burdensome.

Associate Professor Verjans’ project will also involve the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Calvary-Medibank Joint Venture, and Flinders ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

Another project, led by Dr Tina Brodie, who is a Research Fellow in Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity at the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, alongside the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Associate Professor Odette Pearson, will develop a roadmap to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The project, which was awarded $59,978, will bring together key partners and the community to support better responses to mental health and wellbeing.

In addition to the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and SAHMRI, Dr Brodie’s project will also involve SA Health and the Aboriginal Health Council of SA.

Both projects were awarded funding for a term of 12 months.

There are four HRFG Catalyst Grants awardees, with the other two projects, led by researchers from UniSA and Flinders ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, focusing on improving quality of care for older people and using AI to improve the mental health referral system in rural areas.

For more information on the Catalyst Grants, see .