Health tech startup Aurabox wins national innovation award

Cloud-based, medical imaging storage, viewing and collaboration platform for medical doctors and sufferers, Aurabox, has been introduced as Begin-Up of the 12 months on the Australian Info Business Affiliation (AIIA) 2022 Nationwide iAwards.

Different iAwards winners included Pivot Maritime Worldwide, which received the Enterprise & Business Options of the 12 months for its platform which can help enterprise and IT transformation. 

Perth-based startup Neurotologix received the Not for Revenue & Neighborhood Resolution of the 12 months award for its distant affected person monitor used to diagnose dizziness and vertigo.

The AIIA iAwards is Australia’s longest-running innovation recognition program. 

Aurabox co-founder and CEO Dr Chaturica Athukorala tells SmartCompany the popularity has given the Canberra-based startup “the chance to replicate again on the final 16 months and rejoice all that we’ve achieved”.

“We’re thrilled to be recognised on the nationwide stage as an organization and product that’s making a distinction in our group, that’s what Aurabox is all about. 

“The long run for Aurabox is directed by a drive to facilitate collaboration between medical doctors to optimise affected person outcomes. We’re bringing the highly effective instruments we’ve for gathering and sharing affected person imaging on the one platform and transferring that into the enterprise healthcare area, making them obtainable to the total care workforce.”

Co-founder and chief know-how officer Christopher Skene says Aurabox will likely be a knowledge platform for medical imaging sooner or later.

“Proper now, Aurabox is delivering actually concrete enhancements for specialists and care groups, however sooner or later, Aurabox goes to be the information platform for medical imaging. No matter you utilize imaging for, Aurabox goes to empower you to interrupt down the silos surrounding imaging and ship actual healthcare outcomes,” he stated.

“We generally tend in Australia to assume that innovation solely happens in merchandise which have a bodily part, and our trade help tends to be aligned with that, however many of the issues in healthcare are course of or effectivity associated. Startups that may ship on actual course of outcomes that enhance the working lives of healthcare professionals are going to have the most important impacts.”

Dr Athukorala says her recommendation for folks pondering of creating, or are within the course of of making, their very own startup is to start out a dialog. 

“Australian startups are a invaluable supply of innovation. Particularly within the healthcare sector, the place there are an enormous variety of challenges, they’re an underutilised strategy to develop modern options,” she stated. 

“This sector goes to want lots of funding, however satirically it’s most likely essentially the most prepared it’s ever been for startups — particularly well being tech — to have an effect. There’s a singular alternative to handle the precise wants of end-users and have the best impression attainable.

“Speak to folks outdoors of your material experience, you by no means know the place a dialog may lead — for Aurabox it was within the playground in school pick-up.

“Constructing an important workforce is important. A very powerful factor is to have a workforce of people who find themselves as enthusiastic about your organization and your objectives as you’re.”