Hybrid data company Cloudera has been selected as a strategic data partner and will play a role in the transformation of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) e-health management system.
Under the recently awarded contract for the JP2060 Ph4 Project, the Department of Defence selected Leidos Australia to lead a consortium, which includes Cloudera, to deliver the ADF’s Health Knowledge Management System.
The project, valued at $299 million, provides for the replacement of the ADF’s legacy electronic health record product with a modern, patient-centric health solution. The new system will record, store, aggregate and analyse health data and information for the ADF population, with the aim to unify multidisciplinary primary and occupational care with emergency and hospital care to enable better clinical decision-making.
Cloudera says it will deliver private-cloud-native data engineering capabilities using its CDP Data Engineering solution. CDP Data Engineering will be responsible for ingesting data from multiple sources, including legacy systems and new data streams. It will reportedly also create secure data products that streamline and operationalise the data contained in the Health Knowledge Management System, as well as provide fast reliable data that will enable data scientists to extract value faster, regardless of workload, to support improved decision-making.
“Leidos Australia looks forward to working with Defence and our team of exceptional health sector partners to deliver this critical capability to the ADF," Leidos Australia’s Chief Executive Paul Chase said.
“Our team’s health expertise, as well as Leidos’ vast Defence experience, will deliver a modern, sovereign solution that will meet the evolving healthcare needs of the ADF."
“Cloudera is extremely honoured to have been selected to be part of this important healthcare project, led by Leidos, in Australia," added Cloudera ANZ Senior Alliance Manager Colin Pont. "We understand the challenges faced by governments in extracting value from citizen health data to improve both the clinician and patient journey from primary to emergency care, rehabilitation to recovery are extremely complex.
"For defence personnel, that journey from the field through evacuation to hospital and recovery is even more so.
“Having an intelligent, data-driven solution that strengthens e-health record keeping across such complex settings will be key to identifying and delivering appropriate care to those who serve."