National Effort Aims to Enhance Efficiency & Impact in Clinical Trials  

During clinical trials, a significant amount of data is typically generated. However, at the conclusion of the trial, this data is usually archived and not accessible or available for any secondary purposes- long noted as a missed opportunity given the potential value that this data could provide.

Enter: HeSANDA. Led by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), the Health Studies Australian National Data Asset (HeSANDA) program aims to give data generated in the course of clinical research a second life, by delivering a mechanism that allows investigator-initiated clinical trials to be discoverable and requestable. 

Health Translation SA leads the South Australian HeSANDA ‘node’, and has been making some great strides towards achieving HeSANDA’s core goals.

Clinical Trials Training Platform Now Available Nationally  

In August 2022, The SA/NT Regional Clinical Trial Coordinating Centre and the Office for Research in the Department for Health and Wellbeing in partnership with Health Translation SA collaborated to roll out what was then known as the Victorian Clinical Trials Education Centre (V-CTEC) for everyone involved in Clinical Trials across South Australia. Now re-branded as ‘A-CTEC’ the training program is available nationally, and remains completely free of charge.  

South Australia’s New Research Impact ‘Catalyst’ Launches

Last week, over 100 people  joined us online for the launch of the HTSA Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Catalyst Grant Scheme. Made possible thanks to generous funding from The Hospital Research Foundation Group and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation, the scheme focuses South Australian effort around the MRFF’s Principles and Priorities to ultimately increase SA’s success at winning MRFF funding. EOIs are now open until June 7.

CALHN PreHab On The National Stage  

In late March, Dr Ecushla Linedale and Dr Jackie Yeoh represented the CALHN PreHab Project at the Implementation Science Health Conference Australia as an example of an Implementation Scale-Up Case Study. PreHab was also featured in the Sunday Mail earlier this month under the title ‘SA patients in “Prehab” to minimise surgery complications and speed recovery’

Pulse+IT News Covers Impact Story  

In the March Edition of Impact in Your Inbox, we shared the story of the Regional Health Network putting virtual connection at the centre of better aged care. Online digital health news platform Pulse+IT’s article titled ‘Telemonitoring reduced avoidable admissions for older people at home in STAAR-SA trial’ further explores future opportunities that may result from this pilot.

It’s Coming: June/July Spotlight Series

Our next spotlight series beginning on June 15th 2023 will focus on Patient Reported Measures. We’re pleased to be presenting this Spotlight Series in collaboration with HTSA Partner The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health. Look out for our posts on Twitter and LinkedIn, and join our weekly webinars.

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Join the SA Implementation Science Network

HTSA's Implementation Science Network seeks to strengthen the science and practice of implementation, related to health service delivery and research; and to develop a shared vision for collaboration to scale and sustain the implementation science sector in SA. Join our first meeting on June 8th, 9:30am-12pm in the SAHMRI Auditorium

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