PHYCERA / HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE / BETTER PATIENT CARE
Powering better patient care.
Implementation published in JMIR Medical Informatics
Phycera was developed within the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN), in partnership with AusHealth.
[ 01 / THE PROBLEM ]
The data is there. Getting it out is the hard part.
Clinicians
Notes, vital signs and pathology spread across multiple screens, when time at the bedside matters most.
Clinical coders
Complex patient episodes matched to codes by hand, with hospital funding riding on the result.
Operations teams
Limited real-time visibility of beds and patient movement across a busy network.
This isn’t a local problem. A national survey in Finland found the same usability gaps in ICU information systems.
[ 02 / THE PLATFORM ]
A clear layer on top of the system you already own.
Phycera’s applications share one secure platform that connects to the hospital’s existing electronic medical record. Nothing is replaced, and each new application builds on the last.
Cloud-native on Microsoft Azure and Red Hat OpenShift, with infrastructure managed as code.
[ 03 / PRODUCTS ]
Three applications. One platform. Each at its own pace.
Every Phycera application is built with the people who’ll use it. Each one moves forward only when the evidence says it’s ready, which is why they sit at different stages.
Stages are simplified for this page. Full detail is in the published implementation report.
[ 04 / BENEFITS ]
Fewer bottlenecks, better care.
For the doctors, nurses, coders, and ultimately the patients inside the hospital system, Phycera addresses major everyday bottlenecks.
Reduced cognitive load for clinicians.
In formal usability evaluations, senior intensive care doctors gave the critical care tool a “good” usability score (76/100), noting that it drastically lowers mental strain by presenting complex patient timelines and vital signs in a clean, structured format modelled on traditional paper charts.
Automation of administrative burden.
Critical care registry data is compiled and submitted automatically, replacing a tedious manual process and freeing up clinical staff to focus on direct patient care.
Faster, more accurate funding allocation.
IN VALIDATION
Assisting clinical coders by analysing patient episodes and suggesting appropriate diagnostic and procedure codes. Securing funding without administrative gridlock.
Reduce ambulance ramping; increase bed availability.
IN CO-DESIGN
Real-time visibility into hospital capacity, designed to help reduce emergency department bottlenecks, ambulance ramping and surgery delays.
[ 05 / BY THE NUMBERS ]
Measured. Published. Peer reviewed.
Phycera’s implementation is documented in a peer-reviewed report in JMIR Medical Informatics. Here’s where things stand.
[ PUBLIC PATIENTS IN SA ]
Cared for by CALHN, the network Phycera was built in
[ REGISTRY VARIABLES ]
Submitted automatically to ANZICS CORE
[ USABILITY SCORE ]
Rated ‘good’ by senior intensivists in a formal evaluation
Read the full implementation report
Malycha et al. A Health Informatics System in the South Australian Public Health Network: Implementation Report. JMIR Medical Informatics, 2026.
Figures from the published implementation report. Animated charts are illustrative and do not show live patient data.
[ 06 / GOVERNANCE ]
Five years of governance. Built to be trusted.
Health data deserves the highest standard of care. Phycera was built inside the public system’s governance from day one, not bolted on at the end.
2021
Security impact assessment begins. Information asset classification completed.
2022
Independent cybersecurity review. EMR integration approved by Digital Health SA. Clinical Governance Committee established. CCCIS goes live in two ICUs.
2023
Human research ethics approval granted.
2026
Endorsed by Digital Health SA’s Technical Design Review Committee. Implementation report published.
Data stays home
All patient data remains within the health service’s secure network. None of it is held by or transferred to any outside company.
Developed in partnership
Developed with CALHN and AusHealth, a self-funded medical research charity that reinvests in health innovation.
Independent oversight
A Clinical Governance Committee, including a consumer representative, has met every quarter since May 2022.
[ 07 / WHY PHYCERA ]
Proven in practice. Built to scale.
Most health services have finished moving to electronic records. Far fewer can put that record to work for the people who need it. Phycera’s applications build on the infrastructure a health service already owns, without starting over.
Build on what you own
A complementary layer that adds value to an existing EMR investment instead of replacing it.
Proven in practice
In daily use in a major public health network since 2022, on cloud-native technology designed to extend across health services.
Built with the people who use it
Every application is co-designed with the clinicians, coders and operators it serves, and moves forward only when the evidence says it’s ready.
[ CONTACT ]
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