[ ABOUT ]
Developed inside the public health system.
Phycera was developed within the Central Adelaide Local Health Network by clinicians and engineers, in partnership with AusHealth.
[ 01 / OUR STORY ]
Data that was hard to reach.
South Australia’s public hospitals rolled out a statewide electronic medical record from 2011. It was built for documentation and ordering, not for getting information back out.
Clinicians, coders and operators often found it hard to pull timely, usable insight from the back-end data. A local multidisciplinary team set out to fix that, inside the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, which serves roughly 40% of the state’s public patients. That work became Phycera.
[ 02 / WHAT GUIDES US ]
Powering better patient care.
Five ideas shape what we build and how we build it.
01
Clinical clarity first
Technology that reduces cognitive load for frontline doctors and nurses, turning hard-to-reach record data into clean, intuitive interfaces.
02
Intelligent automation
Less paperwork, more patient care. Automating the administrative work so people can spend their time with patients.
03
Sovereignty and governance
Public data working for the public good, protected by a secure, read-only model that keeps patient data inside the health network.
04
Smart infrastructure
High-value solutions on top of the technology health services already own, instead of costly system replacements.
05
Local innovation, global impact
From consumer to creator: developing and validating health technology in South Australia that can help others.
[ 03 / TIMELINE ]
From a hard problem to a working platform.
A few milestones along the way.
2011
Statewide EMR
South Australia’s public hospitals begin rolling out a single electronic medical record.
2022
CCIS goes live
The Critical Care Informatics System starts supporting two intensive care units at CALHN.
2023
Ethics approval
Human research ethics approval is granted.
2026
Endorsed and published
Digital Health SA’s Technical Design Review Committee endorses the platform and the implementation report is published.
[ 04 / THE TEAM ]
The people behind Phycera.
Clinicians, engineers and health informatics specialists, working inside the public health system.
James Malycha
Co-Founder & CMO
Lukah Dykes
Co-Founder & CTO
Adam Collins
CEO
Lukasz Wiklendt
Senior Data Scientist
Jake White
Platform Manager
[ 05 / PARTNERS ]
Developed in partnership.
Phycera was developed within the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN), in partnership with AusHealth, a self-funded medical research charity that reinvests in health innovation.
[ 06 / RETURN ON INVESTMENT ]
Add to the system. Don’t replace it.
Building an electronic medical record is a major public investment.
Phycera shows that a public health network can add complementary applications on top of its existing EMR, rather than throwing out systems or paying for costly upgrades. The value of the original investment grows, instead of starting again.
[ 07 / SOUTH AUSTRALIA ]
From consumer to creator.
A health technology platform developed and validated in South Australia builds local capability, instead of relying only on overseas software.
01
Local capability
Designing and validating a platform locally moves the state from buyer to creator of health technology.
02
Talent and investment
A place where clinical software can pass strict public-sector governance attracts engineering, research and commercial partners.
03
Ideas that can travel
What works inside South Australia’s public system may be able to help other health services over time.