We’re building a digitally connected health ecosystem, where predictive data, precision tools and virtual models transform how care is delivered, accessed and scaled. From hospital systems to handheld devices, our precinct is helping shape the future of healthcare.
Data + Devices =
Smarter Care
Innovation & Research Strengths
Our digital health ecosystem supports smarter, faster and more personalised care across a range of services. We’re working with clinicians, data scientists, startups and health administrators to improve outcomes and drive efficiency.
Core capabilities include:
- Virtual care, remote monitoring and wearable integration
- Precision medicine and genomics
- Telehealth and clinician communication platforms
- Predictive analytics and point-of-care diagnostics
- Digital workflow automation to reduce admin and improve productivity
- Medical education tools and hospital demand management
This innovation is driven by leading teams and platforms within this precinct, including:
- Gold Coast Health’s Transformation and Digital Services team, delivering system-wide improvements across hospitals and co-designing with the best external innovators
- Datarwe, a clinical data engine powering predictive tools and precision medicine
- Griffith University School of ICT, advancing healthcare AI
- Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC), creating micro-devices for diagnostics
- Australian Centre for Precision Health (PRECISE), digital twins and digital solutions for personalised care and rehab
- A network of clinicians across public and private care working on real-world testing and deployment
Global Industry & Research Connections
Innovation thrives through collaboration
We work with industry pioneers and agile startups to take healthtech from idea to implementation. Partners include:
Datarwe
Powering predictive tools from real-world clinical data
Foxo
Unified clinician communication via QR-code tools
Lyrebird Health
Ambient listening and medical scribing
Healthcare Logic
Hospital system visualisation platform
From Concept to Commercialisation
We don’t just support innovation. We help launch it.
Whether you’re developing a new platform or refining a digital health tool, we provide clear pathways from idea to adoption. We support you through testing, validation and scale.
We offer:
- Concept Development & FeasibiityLet’s explore your next step
We offer digital health innovators a comprehensive launchpad to move from concept to clinically validated, market-ready solutions. We support:
- Rapid software prototyping, algorithm development, and cloud integration via Griffith PRECISE digital health labs
- Co-design with clinicians, patients, and health stakeholders to ensure user-centred, clinically relevant design
- Simulated clinical environments for workflow validation, interoperability, and early data capture
- Guidance on data governance, privacy compliance, and SaMD regulatory frameworks (e.g. TGA)
- Connections to clinical and technical advisors to assess integration pathways and unmet needs
- IP strategy, licensing, and feasibility support through Griffith Enterprise
- Business model validation via programs like NextGen, LuminaX, and AmplifyTech
- Access to seed funding, grants, and investor networks
- Market research and competitive analysis for product positioning
- Cybersecurity and human factors expertise to ensure safety and usability
We help you refine, validate, and launch digital health solutions with clinical impact and commercial potential.
- Usability Testing & Iterative DevelopmentLet’s explore your next step
We help digital health companies refine and validate solutions through rigorous usability testing, secure software development, and clinical integration support. We offer:
- Access to simulated clinical environments and operational IT systems for workflow and interoperability testing
- Human factors and usability assessments with clinicians, patients, and end users
- Cybersecurity risk assessments and data privacy compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, Australian Privacy Act)
- Support with software design controls, documentation, and quality systems aligned to regulatory standards
- DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and agile support for continuous development and deployment
- Connections to clinical pilot partners and early adopters for real-world feedback
- Data validation and analytics refinement for AI and data-driven tools
- Early regulatory engagement to align software validation and clinical evidence requirements
- Guidance on reimbursement frameworks and payer strategies
- Support in securing funding for pilots, development, and commercialisation
We help you optimise usability, ensure compliance, and prepare for clinical validation and market success.
- Clinical Validation & Regulatory ComplianceLet’s explore your next step
We help digital health companies generate the clinical evidence and regulatory documentation needed for approval, adoption, and scale. We offer:
- Real-world validation through embedded testbeds at Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith Health Clinics
- Support for TGA SaMD, FDA 510(k), CE marking, and ISO 13485-aligned quality systems
- Access to Gold Coast Health’s nationally accredited HREC and Research Governance Office for streamlined, multi-site ethics review
- Longitudinal data capture via integration with hospital systems and registries
- Support for pilot and observational study design, management, and outcomes tracking
- Connections to clinical trial partners and digital health advisors
- Post-trial analysis of clinical, behavioural, and economic outcomes to support payer value cases
- Guidance on cybersecurity and data security compliance
- Support for technical documentation, publication strategies, and clinical adoption planning
- Access to translational researchers and commercial experts to package evidence for regulators and investors
We help you validate, comply, and scale with confidence.
- Scalability & Quality AssuranceLet’s explore your next step
As digital health solutions evolve beyond validation, we can provide the infrastructure and expertise to support secure and scalable deployment. We can:
- Support robust software development and deployment using CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and version control
- Guide the development of quality management systems aligned with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304 for SaMD
- Facilitate cybersecurity audits and data protection planning to meet HIPAA, GDPR, and Australian Privacy Act standards
- Assist with interoperability testing, EMR integration, and compliance with HL7/FHIR and clinical workflows
- Provide access to testing environments for performance, stress, and compatibility testing
- Connect you with clinical and technical partners for deployment and onboarding
- Help establish post-market surveillance and incident response frameworks for compliance
- Advise on licensing models, SLAs, and onboarding strategies
- Support access to scaling grants, enterprise funding, and export-readiness programs
- Facilitate engagement with procurement and health system integrators for full-scale implementation
We help you scale confidently, securely, and be ready for wide clinical adoption.
- Market Access & Health Systems IntegrationLet’s explore your next step
We help digital health companies achieve large-scale adoption, reimbursement success, and long-term commercial growth. We can:
- Facilitate engagement with clinicians, procurement teams, and health executives via the Gold Coast Health Innovation Office
- Connect you with health economics and reimbursement experts for pricing strategies and payer submissions
- Enable real-world deployment and outcomes tracking in hospital and community testbeds
- Support post-market obligations, including data reporting, software updates, and user support systems
- Link you to export pathways and global markets through Trade & Investment Queensland and INVEST Gold Coast
- Provide access to grants, investors, and national programs via MTPConnect and Life Sciences Queensland
- Assist with go-to-market strategies across public, private, and direct-to-consumer channels
- Support integration with EMRs, telehealth, and digital ecosystems
- Help with branding, communication, and procurement readiness
- Build strategic partnerships with health providers, distributors, and service organisations
We empower digital health companies to move confidently from pilot to scale, locally and globally.
We offer digital health innovators a comprehensive launchpad to move from concept to clinically validated, market-ready solutions. We support:
- Rapid software prototyping, algorithm development, and cloud integration via Griffith PRECISE digital health labs
- Co-design with clinicians, patients, and health stakeholders to ensure user-centred, clinically relevant design
- Simulated clinical environments for workflow validation, interoperability, and early data capture
- Guidance on data governance, privacy compliance, and SaMD regulatory frameworks (e.g. TGA)
- Connections to clinical and technical advisors to assess integration pathways and unmet needs
- IP strategy, licensing, and feasibility support through Griffith Enterprise
- Business model validation via programs like NextGen, LuminaX, and AmplifyTech
- Access to seed funding, grants, and investor networks
- Market research and competitive analysis for product positioning
- Cybersecurity and human factors expertise to ensure safety and usability
We help you refine, validate, and launch digital health solutions with clinical impact and commercial potential.
We help digital health companies refine and validate solutions through rigorous usability testing, secure software development, and clinical integration support. We offer:
- Access to simulated clinical environments and operational IT systems for workflow and interoperability testing
- Human factors and usability assessments with clinicians, patients, and end users
- Cybersecurity risk assessments and data privacy compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, Australian Privacy Act)
- Support with software design controls, documentation, and quality systems aligned to regulatory standards
- DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and agile support for continuous development and deployment
- Connections to clinical pilot partners and early adopters for real-world feedback
- Data validation and analytics refinement for AI and data-driven tools
- Early regulatory engagement to align software validation and clinical evidence requirements
- Guidance on reimbursement frameworks and payer strategies
- Support in securing funding for pilots, development, and commercialisation
We help you optimise usability, ensure compliance, and prepare for clinical validation and market success.
We help digital health companies generate the clinical evidence and regulatory documentation needed for approval, adoption, and scale. We offer:
- Real-world validation through embedded testbeds at Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith Health Clinics
- Support for TGA SaMD, FDA 510(k), CE marking, and ISO 13485-aligned quality systems
- Access to Gold Coast Health’s nationally accredited HREC and Research Governance Office for streamlined, multi-site ethics review
- Longitudinal data capture via integration with hospital systems and registries
- Support for pilot and observational study design, management, and outcomes tracking
- Connections to clinical trial partners and digital health advisors
- Post-trial analysis of clinical, behavioural, and economic outcomes to support payer value cases
- Guidance on cybersecurity and data security compliance
- Support for technical documentation, publication strategies, and clinical adoption planning
- Access to translational researchers and commercial experts to package evidence for regulators and investors
We help you validate, comply, and scale with confidence.
As digital health solutions evolve beyond validation, we can provide the infrastructure and expertise to support secure and scalable deployment. We can:
- Support robust software development and deployment using CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and version control
- Guide the development of quality management systems aligned with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304 for SaMD
- Facilitate cybersecurity audits and data protection planning to meet HIPAA, GDPR, and Australian Privacy Act standards
- Assist with interoperability testing, EMR integration, and compliance with HL7/FHIR and clinical workflows
- Provide access to testing environments for performance, stress, and compatibility testing
- Connect you with clinical and technical partners for deployment and onboarding
- Help establish post-market surveillance and incident response frameworks for compliance
- Advise on licensing models, SLAs, and onboarding strategies
- Support access to scaling grants, enterprise funding, and export-readiness programs
- Facilitate engagement with procurement and health system integrators for full-scale implementation
We help you scale confidently, securely, and be ready for wide clinical adoption.
We help digital health companies achieve large-scale adoption, reimbursement success, and long-term commercial growth. We can:
- Facilitate engagement with clinicians, procurement teams, and health executives via the Gold Coast Health Innovation Office
- Connect you with health economics and reimbursement experts for pricing strategies and payer submissions
- Enable real-world deployment and outcomes tracking in hospital and community testbeds
- Support post-market obligations, including data reporting, software updates, and user support systems
- Link you to export pathways and global markets through Trade & Investment Queensland and INVEST Gold Coast
- Provide access to grants, investors, and national programs via MTPConnect and Life Sciences Queensland
- Assist with go-to-market strategies across public, private, and direct-to-consumer channels
- Support integration with EMRs, telehealth, and digital ecosystems
- Help with branding, communication, and procurement readiness
- Build strategic partnerships with health providers, distributors, and service organisations
We empower digital health companies to move confidently from pilot to scale, locally and globally.
Purpose-Built Infrastructure
We offer end-to-end support for digital health and virtual care solutions:
- Cohort Innovation Space – home to digital health startups, AI labs and data science ventures
- Clinical trial partners – for real-time evaluation of virtual and digital tools
- Integration-ready hospital systems – with clinicians and researchers co-located
Talent & Workforce Pipeline
Future-ready biotech talent is right here and ready to collaborate.
We’re building the digital health workforce of the future. One that blends clinical insight, data science, and tech innovation.
Our partners across Griffith University, Gold Coast Health, private hospitals, and Cohort Innovation Space work together to provide:
- Student placements and internships in digital health, AI, and clinical informatics
- Research collaborations spanning health data science, software engineering and virtual care
- Access to graduates and early-career professionals with cross-disciplinary expertise
- Tailored training and work-integrated learning programs co-designed with industry and healthcare partners
From coding to clinical care, we help you connect with the talent shaping tomorrow’s health solutions.
Gold Coast Advantage
Australia’s lifestyle capital is now a global biotech destination.
The Gold Coast is more than a lifestyle city, it’s a nationally recognised leader in digital health innovation, offering the infrastructure, collaboration and clinical access to turn ideas into impact.
- Integrated ecosystem co-location with hospitals, universities and industry makes real-world testing and collaboration seamless.
- Digitally progressive health system where Gold Coast Health leads nationally in virtual care, predictive tools and clinician-designed tech.
- Innovation-ready infrastructure with access to purpose-built spaces at Cohort, Lumina and across the precinct supports rapid development and scaling.
- A growing tech-health workforce and an environment that attracts and retains top talent.
Become part of a growing global
Digital Health Ecosystem?
GCHKP
Success Stories
The collaborative environment at the Health and Knowledge Precinct, with its mix of innovators, hospitals and industry, is ideal for translating biomedical discoveries into real-world applications. The new Health and Technology Research Innovation Centre (HATRIC) will enhance this synergy even further.
Paul Clarke – Executive Director of the Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics (IBG), Griffith University
The Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct exemplifies world-class innovation and collaboration, bringing together education, industry, and community to drive meaningful outcomes. With its state-of-the-art facilities and vibrant ecosystem, the Precinct positions the Gold Coast as a global destination for knowledge, discovery, and opportunity.
Estella Rodighiero – CEO, Regional Development Australia Gold Coast Inc
The Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct is unlike anywhere else in Australia—bringing together university students, researchers, early-stage founders, mentors, and investors within a vibrant ecosystem backed by state-of-the-art health, education, sport, laboratory, and commercial office facilities. As one of the country’s fastest-growing regions that’s built for entrepreneurs, it’s the ideal place to build, test, and scale impactful innovation at the intersection of health and technology.
Ben Howe – Director, CoSpaces (operators of Cohort Innovation Space)
From world-first health technologies to cutting-edge advancements in biotech and AI, GCHKP is cementing the Gold Coast’s status as a global player in the innovation economy. As a proud partner, investment in this precinct exemplifies the power of collaboration between research, industry and government. With world-renowned organisations like Southern RNA and BiVacor calling GCHKP home, the Gold Coast is fast becoming a leader in preventative healthcare. The sector is transforming lives and is one of our region’s most significant contributors to employment and economic growth.
Hon. Will Hodgman – Chair, Invest Gold Coast
Come and experience the ecosystem they’ve dropped themselves into, it’s incredibly powerful because of the people that are coming, the people you have access to, and the athletes you have access to. It’s not just an environment of opportunity, it’s incredibly positive. If you came and experienced that ecosystem, you’d find those two major pillars: access, and a really positive environment.
