Katie Allen (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Healthcare services globally are moving to integrated and digitalised models of care to address the challenges faced by traditional paper-based systems. Patients want their information accessible in one place, and healthcare providers want their clinical care to be smart and efficient. New and smart health services companies are helping healthcare workers make the right thing to do the easiest thing to do.

One such Australian start-up is Alcidion, an ASX-listed company based in my electorate of Higgins. The CEO of Alcidion, Kate Quirke, is also a resident of Higgins. Alcidion is a healthcare informatics company focused on using data and technology to provide safe and smart healthcare delivery across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Alcidion employs 118 people globally, and, despite COVID-19, the business continues to thrive and flourish. They have employed 21 new people in 2020 alone. I am delighted that Alcidion's unique technology platform, Miya Precision, was recently named one of the Australian Financial Review top-five most innovative tech companies, and CEO Kate Quirke was awarded a Women in Technology Executive Leader award. Alcidion is a great example of Australian innovation being taken to the world, and Kate Quirke is an example of how women entrepreneurs can do it with the best of them.