Archive: The Common Good
Together, let's cure homesickness
Kids are admitted to hospital for all sorts of reasons, but there's one kind of sickness that unites them all: homesickness. And Australia is coming together to try to beat…
Orthopaedic Robot a Queensland public hospital first!
Thanks to $2 million in funding through The Common Good, The Prince Charles Hospital will be the first in Queensland to offer this technology to public patients.
World-first project to improve ICU environment
The patient’s experience will be at the centre of an innovative bed space design, or ‘Cocoon’, that infuses technology and personalised medicine with best practice architectural and engineering solutions.
Most of us don’t think twice about eating a piece of toast in the morning, however for 1 in 70 Australians with coeliac disease this is simply not an option.…
Sterling is just 10 years old. He has a dream – to find a cure to Dementia. The search for a solution is underway, and researchers working with The Common…
Making more hearts available for transplant
There is a desperate need for more hearts to be able to be transplanted for the thousands of patients in need every year.
Improving outcomes for transplant
With the potential to increase the amount of hearts available for transplant we could potentially save the lives of 30% (or more) patients each year.
A revolutionary balloon to assist the heart during failure
The introduction of a revolutionary treatment like this for people suffering heart failure in remote areas and developing countries could save the lives of hundreds and thousands of patients each…
Using active imaging to find 'hidden' heart conditions
In this innovative study, getting patients to ride a bike while inside the MRI machine, Dr Strugnell hopes to highlight and identify a range of heart diseases that rear their…
Using the heart to save the heart
Peter Molenaar seeks to identify better use of medicines for the prevention of sudden, unexpected death in patients with heart failure by using the heart itself – sourcing small pieces…
Reducing surgery time for heart device implants
With this revolutionary device, patient recovery time is expected to be greatly decreased and their post-surgery quality of life will significantly improve – patients will be able to get back…
Allowing heart devices to respond to the body
This is a world first project using fibre optics to create a responsive heart pump.