biomed kitchen
engineering design for global health
clinical technology,
integrated and mobile
Biomed Kitchen is an engineering consultancy, specialising in integrating high-end clinical systems into remote healthcare facilities and mobile platforms.
We speak the language of nurses, building engineers and clinical equipment vendors. We design standards-compliant systems where different technologies fit together. We embed maintenance and support protocols into the design. We reduce downtime and patient risk.
Our work draws on more than 20 years’ experience in health, technology and clinical infrastructure. We work in remote Australia and around the world.
how we work
Founded in 2020, the practice brings together over 20 years of experience in biomedical engineering and remote health support.
We believe that good systems are designed with the people who use them, and for the people they serve.
Our work is collaborative. We understand remote community life, local languages and cultural priorities. We understand global contexts.
Our designs are sensitive to context. By attending to the demands of remote travel and logistics and the needs for ongoing maintenance and support, we maximise design life and system availability for patient-care.
seeds of the practice
Biomed kitchen’s story began in East Timor in 2004, providing volunteer clinical engineering support to hospitals and clinics.
Since then we have gained experience.
Award-winning medical device and system designs
Nationally recognised contributions to remote Aboriginal healthcare services
Innovations in sustainability and water conservation for remote desert healthcare
Biomedical workshop design and development
Internationally delivery of biomedical technician training programs
Embedded consultancy in international health service design
Projects across six countries
Biomed kitchen is based in Central Australia, working globally.
what we offer
We help answer the questions that are unique to the remote health context:
How long can your service operate when your devices and systems fail?
How much down-time can you tolerate before your patients are evacuated?
How is your remote clinical technology supported?
How long will your medical systems last before they must be upgraded?
Are your devices, systems and patient-care areas compliant with the relevant standards?
How do you capture the local cultural context when designing systems for patient care?
How do your medical systems incroporate integration, redundancy and usability?
Do you consider ongoing maintenance and support when purchasing devices?
We design and integrate medical systems for global and remote health — where context matters more than the technology.
on-site clinical integration
We handle client-side integration of medical devices and systems into remote clinic architecture. We visit remote sites, solve problems and reduce risk.
mobile infrastructure design
We understand the details of integrating medical technology into mobile platforms. We have worked on road-vehicle fitouts and understand aeronautical constraints.
the three-percent problem
Most of the world’s hospitals run on less than three percent of the resources needed to support and maintain their medical equipment. We’d like to change that.
three percent of every biomed kitchen invoice is used to support medical infrastructure in low-resource communities
medical workshop design
We draw on experience designing and working in technical workshops around the world. We understand, tools, test-equipment, logistics, storage and workflow.
global health
humanitarian engineering
We have seen and lived the challenges of medical system support in the global health community. We know that logistics, skills, tools and support affect real people - the patients, nurses, and communities who do brilliant things with limited resources.
We provide design, training and support wherever in the world it is needed, and for the benefit of the people who need it most.