This appeared a few days ago:
WA mum of six creates 'one stop shop' for childrens' health records
David Allan-Petale
Published: February 7 2018 - 11:17AM
A WA psychotherapist and mother to six has launched an app that allows parents to slash the huge paper trails that come with tracking their child's health, education and social wellbeing.
Babies born in WA have doctors appointments and development notes recorded in a 'purple book' issued to parents, who then continue collecting information as the child grows in whichever method they use best, including a range of government apps.
However, for Perth mother Cath Resnick the reams of information she had collected in multiple formats for the six children in her blended family became too much to track, and she wanted a simpler solution that placed it all together.
So she worked to create Kindom, a digital app that allows parents to collate every report, note or mention of how their child is developing and have access to them all in one place.
"We are used to having dashboards of information at work and we designed Kindom to do just that, give all the information you need at your fingertips," she said.
"I know that as a mother it can be hard to remember information for just one child if you have a few and not mix them all up, so this is really a solution that came out of a need I identified for me that I think parents will embrace."
Ms Resnick won WA's Start IT Up Challenge in 2016 to develop Kindom, and has launched the free app for early access users.
Later versions will be driven by smart features that can pick up developments and trends and connect parents to relevant services, something Ms Resnick said was crucial to do quickly.
"If you suspect your child has developmental delays it can take more than 18 months to see a specialist – but there are things you could do at home, if you had the right information and a close-knit support network at your fingertips.
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Here is the 2016 announcement.
KinChip Systems announced as inaugural winner of Start IT Up WA Challenge.
04/10/2016
WA Minister for Innovation, Bill Marmion, today announced KinChip Systems as a winner of the Government Chief Innovation Office inaugural Start IT Up WA Challenge.
WA Minister for Innovation, Bill Marmion, today announced KinChip Systems as a winner of the Government Chief Innovation Office inaugural Start IT Up WA Challenge.
KinChip Systems and its child development platform, ‘Kindom’, were awarded the major prize of $50,000, with ‘All of Me’ and ‘Hacker Pals’ sharing the remainder of the the $100,000 total prize pool.
Start IT Up WA Challenge is an innovative new program to nurture innovative, technology-based solutions to government problems, and build capability within the Western Australian startup community. In addition to cash, winners are awarded preferred provider status with the WA Government and have the opportunity to develop, beta test and demonstrate the commercial viability of their project in collaboration with a State Government agency.
Kindom was founded by Cath Resnick and Gry Stene. “1 in 6 children has a developmental disability.” Mrs Resnick said. “With child development services siloed between health, education and social, many children fall through the gaps, fail to get diagnosed, or simply don’t get the support they need, when they need it.”
Kindom has worked to solve this problem by providing one place where parents can store all their child’s health, education and social development records, along with their own reflections on their child’s developmental journey. It integrates the latest in artificial intelligence to guide parents through the system. With a parent centred approach to data sharing, Kindom also provides full care circle visibility to all members and a child’s care team. This facilitates collaboration, communication and ultimately reduces misdiagnosis and over-servicing.
Kindom’s development is overseen by Gry Stene. “Today we CAN create tools that provide relevant, quality information and resources that aid early discovery and intervention” Ms Stene said. “Imagine if we had discovered this earlier?”
KinChip Systems are thrilled to be the inaugural winners of the Start IT Up WA Challenge, and look forward to working with the West Australian Government to improve child development outcomes in WA.
About Kinchip Systems:
KINCHIP SYSTEMS PTY LTD is an Australian digital health company that designs, develops and markets intelligent technology products solving real world problems globally.
Our lead product, KINDOM™, simplifies the child development ecosystem by linking parents to the resources they need, when they need it, to support their child's development.
Kindom™'s mission is to improve health, development and wellbeing outcomes for children globally, by increasing the capabilities of parents, caregivers and their service providers.
Go to Company Profile for: Kinchip Systems
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I found this of note:
700K raised by social impact startup KinChip Systems
26/07/2017
KinChip Systems Pty Ltd, an award winning Australian digital health company, has successfully raised $700K from local investors. The funds have supported the company to build a strong core team and provide for the release of its lead product, Kindom™, to consumers.
Founded and led by its two female founders, Catherine Resnick and Gry Stene, KinChip’s initial offering, Kindom™, links families and carers with health, education and social services to improve health outcomes.
Using Kindom™, families can communicate and coordinate care with family members and be linked with personalised resources relevant to their specific needs.
Aggregated and de-identified data from across the social determinants (incorporating health, education and social sectors) is then provided to governments for policy, planning and decision making.
“Action on the social determinants of health is often seen as the most appropriate way to address health inequalities, with the prospect of better health for all across the entire social gradient (CSDH 2008) -- Australia’s Health 2016, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016.
Mrs Resnick affirms that “collecting comprehensive data on the social determinants of health is complex. This results in a lack of data, and limits the evidence available for policy development and monitoring the gaps in health inequalities in the community.
“Kindom™ offers government and population health providers the ability to leverage social determinants of health to reduce cost, manage risk and improve community outcomes.”
The WA Office of Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) was pivotal in validating Kindom™’s value to government when they hosted the inaugural 2016 Start IT Up Challenge. KinChip were the major prize winners which provided the opportunity to co-design, develop and test the commercial viability of their project in collaboration with a State Government agency.
KinChip Systems has global ambitions and is currently negotiating pilot projects in Australia prior to its move into international markets.
All one can do is wish this start-up all the best and having come this far on their own hope they can be hard- nosed in their dealings with the ADHA and its desire to integrate them into the myHR! To me this rather looks like a bad idea (the myHR) trying to absorb a good idea! Certainly it is the leaders of this project who should be providing a few tips and some advice to the ADHA.
If you think about it for a moment this is everything the myHR is not. It fills a need expressed by parents, it is voluntary and it is useful - while having the advantage of having the data custodian interested vitally in its accuracy! If Digital Health is ever to work and make a difference it is in projects like this.
Funny I can't recall the ADHA ever mentioning them?
What do you think?
David.
A great little good news story for consumers. The 18 months to see a specialist exposes an underlying problem. How do we tackle these waiting times. All this data is great but not if you have to wait so long to see a specialist.
ReplyDeleteWe could always building a central database of stuff for 2 Billion and another 700 million a year direct and indirect operating costs.
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