Providing universal access to ultrasound
Specialist diagnostic expertise should never be limited by geography
RMI Oceania is transforming how specialist diagnostic care is delivered combining clinical expertise with robotic-enabled technology to bring specialist care closer to communities, support clinicians and strengthen healthcare systems.
Healthcare needs a new model
Healthcare is under increasing pressure to deliver specialist diagnostic care to more people, in more places while supporting the clinicians who make that care possible. Improving access to specialist expertise and supporting the workforce that delivers it have never been more important.
Australians experience delays in accessing specialist diagnostic ultrasound each year
of sonographers experience work-related pain during their careers
ultrasound examinations are performed each year
Earlier access can change outcomes
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
One Australian dies every 12 minutes
Ultrasound plays a critical role in the detection, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease helping clinicians intervene earlier and improve patient outcomes.
Closing the gap
75% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults under 35 have one or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease while CVD accounts for 25% of deaths.
Improving access to specialist diagnostic care can support earlier detection, reduce health inequities and deliver better outcomes for communities disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease.
When specialist expertise can reach patients sooner geography becomes less of a barrier to timely diagnosis and care.
A new model for specialist diagnostic care
RMI combines clinical expertise with robotic-enabled technology to create flexible models of care that bring specialist expertise closer to patients and better support the sonographers who deliver it.
Remote RMI Mode
Specialist sonographer via telehealth
Bringing specialist expertise closer to rural communities
Enables specialist ultrasound examinations to be performed remotely connecting patients with specialist expertise closer to home and reducing the need to travel.
In-room RMI Model
Specialist sonographer in the room
Supporting a healthier specialist workforce
Uses robotic-assisted technology to reduce the physical demands of scanning, supporting sonographer wellbeing and a more sustainable specialist workforce.
Two models. One purpose.
Different healthcare settings require different approaches. Whether connecting a specialist sonographer remotely or supporting them in the examination room RMI provides flexible models of care designed to strengthen specialist diagnostic care for patients, clinicians and health services.
Backed by clinical evidence
RMI has been developed in collaboration with clinicians, researchers and healthcare organisations combining clinical research, real-world evaluation and healthcare deployment to build the evidence for a new model of specialist diagnostic care.
Validated in practice
Clinical scans completed
RMI systems built
Active Queensland Health deployments
Demonstrating clinical performance
to standard clinical ultrasound
Developed through collaboration with clinicians, researchers and healthcare organisations
