Heart Foundation invests in AI and smart tech to fast-track treatment for heart patients
The Heart Foundation is investing over $6 million into research involving AI and smart technology to improve heart disease diagnosis and patient triage. One project includes using smartphone cameras to detect heart issues by analyzing neck skin movements.
Why it matters
Integrating AI into healthcare could significantly reduce hospital wait times and improve early detection of life-threatening conditions.
Treatment of heart patients could be revolutionised by funding research into artificial intelligence (AI), smart technology and advanced imaging, in a bid to ease waiting lists and fast-track treatment.
Today, on World Heart Day (29 September), the Heart Foundation is announcing more than $6 million in funding for heart research and overseas training in 2026.
The funding will support more than 30 recipients, including researchers investigating how AI, advanced heart modelling and smartphone video could help detect heart problems earlier, improve the accuracy of assessments, prioritise patients for treatment and reduce pressure on health services.
Heart Foundation Medical Director Dr Gerry Devlin says AI and advanced imaging are opening incredible opportunities to unlock medical information in entirely new ways.
“It will help us better understand heart disease, improve detection and diagnosis, and deliver better care to patients,” Gerry says.
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