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Avive Health has celebrated the official opening of its innovative Brisbane mental health clinic.
The integrated private mental health service – co-founded by two senior healthcare executives and a leading psychiatrist – promises a different way of treating patients.
The company's first two hospitals – Avive Clinic Brisbane and Avive Clinic Mornington Peninsula – deliver an extra 123 private mental health beds to the nation's health sector.
Co-founder and Co-CEO Greg Procter said opening the Brisbane clinic was a "huge milestone", following the company's inception in October 2021.
"This clinical model, and this facility, is designed to deliver the best outcomes for patients," he said.
"Our thinking has always been, 'Would we put ourselves or someone we love in this hospital?', and the answer is yes."
Co-founder and Co-CEO Mark Sweeney said the technology in the new clinic was second-to-none.
"We have a circadian-rhythm lighting system, we have true presence sensors that can sense when our patients are in bed, and they also monitor air quality, and temperature," he said.
"We've got electronic records of each individual patient's data – the result is improved patient outcomes, and we're proud to be bringing in a new frontier in clinical care.
"Our facilities embrace salutogenic design principles, which is a research-backed approach focused on creating environments to support health and wellbeing rather than simply treating illness."
Mr Procter said the technological aspect of the facility helped with individualised, personal treatment for each patient.
"The technology is there, everything is there – the nutrition and the food we offer, it's all for better patient outcomes," he said.
"The lighting is a brighter blue light during the day and then goes to a more candlelight feel at the end of the day, which increases melatonin production, which brings on better sleep.
"Sensors can tell if the patient is in bed or not; if they are, there's no need for the nurses to be in there all the time during the night disturbing them.
"Our meals are not on repeat. So if you're here for three weeks, you won't eat the same meal twice."
Avive's third co-founder, Chief Medical Officer Dr Matt McDornan, said he was grateful to the community for "trusting us with their loved ones".
"We've seen the gaps in mental health care and we're looking to fill them, and change the way things are done," he said.
"We want to help people graduate back into life."
Mr Procter said the care for patients continued once they were at home.
"All our facilities are going to be the same – so if you go to one, or all of them, all your data and records are there, everything about how long you slept, your exercise program, your treatment, every single thing," he said.
"We're analysing the data to see what is helping you get better. It's a unique system."
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