Awards & Recognition (Archived)
2020 — Finalist, Victorian Premier's Design Awards (Product Design)
HalleyAssist was chosen as a finalist in the Victorian Premier's Design Awards, Product Design category.
2020 (December) — Finalist, Ageing Asia Innovation of the Year / APAC Eldercare Innovation Awards, Singapore
The Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards, launched in 2013 by Ageing Asia, recognise organisations across Asia-Pacific demonstrating eldercare innovation. HalleyAssist was a finalist, held alongside the Ageing Asia 2020: World Ageing Festival.
2021 — Gold Award, Good Design Australia (Product Design – Medical and Scientific)
The Australian Good Design Awards, running since 1958 and recognised by the World Design Organization as Australia's peak international design endorsement program, awarded HalleyAssist a Gold Award.
"HalleyAssist® is a great design that eliminates the shortcomings of other attempts to address this same issue. Solutions like this will increasingly become the holy grail of independent living, and this one has been carefully executed, well researched and personally instigated. This device could make a measurable difference to the ability of people to 'age in place'." — Good Design Australia Judges
Pictured at the award: Kate Flight (Compliance Risk & Continuous Improvement Coordinator, Baptcare), Assoc. Prof. Frances Bachelor (Director Clinical Gerontology, National Ageing Research Institute), André Ferretto (Founder and MD), Prof. Aniruddha Desai (Director, Centre for Technology Infusion, La Trobe University), Assoc. Prof. Philip Branch (Swinburne University of Technology), Tim Carroll (International Market Development).
2022 (July) — Featured, Australia By Design – Innovations (Network 10 / YouTube), Season 5 Episode 2
HalleyAssist was featured in this global innovations television production, which aired on Network 10 and remains viewable on YouTube (segment starts at 19:55).
2022 (July) — Rising Star Award, Information Technology Across Care (ITAC)
Awarded at the ITAC — Technology for a Sustainable Care Sector Conference, Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney (12–13 July 2022). These are the aged care industry's technology awards for excellence in business intelligence development.
"I would like to thank ITAC and the committee for both this prestigious award. The HalleyAssist® team is privileged to be working with experts who believe better healthcare is achievable through connecting vulnerable people with their family members, care providers and physicians." — André Ferretto, Founder and Managing Director
2022 (September) — Good Design Australia Award, HealthWatch™ (Product Design – Medical and Scientific)
Announced 16 September 2022 at the Australian Good Design Awards, Sydney Convention Centre.
"HalleyAssist HealthWatch™ is a clever digital solution. Its multiple sensors that can be placed around the home, allowing people in need to be monitored by loved ones or healthcare providers. Inspired by a vision for independent living, the design team is commended on their careful multi-stakeholder co-design process and their solution for this important problem. Well done." — Good Design Australia Jury
2023 — Finalist, Victorian Premier's Design Awards (Digital Design), HealthWatch™
HealthWatch — Remote Patient Monitoring was named a finalist in the Digital Design category.
"The Victorian Premier's Design Awards recognise the incredible work and ingenuity of the designers, architects and design-led businesses that make our state a world-renowned leader in the field." — Colin Brooks, Minister for Creative Industries
2023 (September) — Good Design Award — Winner, Social Impact category, HealthWatch™
Announced 8 September 2023 in front of more than 1,000 guests. More than 900 entries were evaluated by 70+ Australian and international jurors.
"HalleyAssist® presents a sensitively-designed solution focused on an area of real need. The 'Hospital in the Home' vision shows great potential for a new era of healthcare. It will be great to see some more impact data once it moves beyond piloting and has had more time in use, but congratulations on the design." — Good Design Awards Jury
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