Cisco's Asia Pacific public sector director, Martin Stuart-Weekes, said there is now an enormous amount of research and development into the notion of "connected health."

"We've been trying to put it to the test in an Australian environment and needed an institution that was willing and ready to do it," Stuart-Weekes said.

Hanson said so far the response from clinicians has been very good with most leveraging the benefits of the new technology quickly.

He also took the opportunity to promote the hospital's Boogie Bear fund-raising initiative which is online at .