Katherine West Health Board

What Katherine West Health Board does

Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation (KWHB) is a fully accredited Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) that delivers preventative, clinical and emergency primary health care across the remote Katherine West region of Australia's Northern Territory. Founded in 1998 out of the Coordinated Care Trial, it operates eight community health centres — four main centres in Kalkaringi, Lajamanu, Timber Creek and Yarralin, and four smaller centres in Bulla, Amanbidji, Nitjpurru and Lingara — plus a mobile health team of remote area nurses that services outstations across a 160,000 km² footprint. Its service portfolio spans primary health care, maternal and child health, sexual health, chronic disease management (diabetes, heart and kidney disease), social and emotional wellbeing, allied and visiting specialist care (cardiologists, gynaecologists, paediatricians, podiatrists, audiologists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, dentists), health education, family support, and telehealth. The organisation also runs the regionally partnered Healing for Our Mob program (family, domestic and sexual violence recovery) and the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program in collaboration with Sunrise Health Service, Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service and NT Health across the broader 340,000 km² Big Rivers region.

KWHB is governed by a Board of 14 directors elected every three years by its members (947 members as of July 2019) from community-delegated areas, and is registered as an Aboriginal Corporation under ORIC. Its underlying technology footprint is intentionally lean: telephone-based telehealth for non-face-to-face consultations and off-site electronic medical records management. The technology is deployed in service of a community-led, place-based model rather than as a differentiator.

The business model is government-funded primary health care: KWHB is funded by Australian and Northern Territory Government health grants and bulk-bills Medicare card holders, with no out-of-pocket fees to patients. Multi-year block funding and commissioned programs (including the NT Primary Health Network-commissioned Healing for Our Mob program) constitute the core revenue mechanics. Customer segments are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Katherine West region, with secondary segments of women and children, people with chronic disease, and FDSV victim-survivors. Go-to-market is community-led service delivery through health centres, the mobile team, community engagement staff and health education programs rather than commercial customer acquisition. Headcount sits in the 51-100 range, with approximately 30 health professionals in remote health centres at any time.

Name

Katherine West Health Board

Legal name

Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation

Website

https://kwhb.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Katherine West Health Board is a not-for-profit Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation delivering government-funded primary health care across eight remote clinics and a mobile team spanning 160,000 km² of the Katherine West region in Australia's Northern Territory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Primary Health Care

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Tribal/Indigenous Public Health Authorities (HLAJAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL), Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Primary health care
• Aboriginal community health
• Remote area health services
• Maternal and child health
• Chronic disease management

Headquarters

HQ city

Katherine

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Health Grants: KWHB is funded by Australian and Northern Territory Government health care grants to deliver comprehensive, culturally appropriate primary health care services to all people across the Katherine West region. As a bulk-billing provider, no additional fees are charged to patients with a valid Medicare card.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Katherine West Health Board is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation delivering comprehensive, culturally secure primary health care to communities across the Katherine West region of the Northern Territory, Australia. Services span general primary health care, maternal and child health, chronic disease management, sexual health, social and emotional wellbeing, allied and specialist health, family support, health education, telehealth and a mobile health team, delivered through eight community health centres and outreach across a 160,000 km² footprint.

Product overview

Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation delivers primary health care services as a fully accredited Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation across the remote Katherine West region of Australia's Northern Territory. The organisation operates eight community health centres (in Kalkaringi, Lajamanu, Timber Creek, Yarralin, Bulla, Amanbidji, Nitjpurru, and Lingara) plus a mobile health team servicing a 160,000 km² footprint. Its core product portfolio centres on comprehensive primary health care services including general health, maternal and child health, chronic disease management, sexual health, and social and emotional wellbeing support. Additional services encompass allied and specialist health, mobile health teams, health education programs, family support services, and telehealth consultations. The organisation also delivers regionally partnered programs including the Healing for Our Mob program (supporting recovery from family, domestic and sexual violence) and the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program. Founded in 1998 emerging from the Coordinated Care Trial, the organisation is governed by a Board of 14 elected directors and provides culturally secure primary health care funded by Australian and NT Government health grants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Health Care Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved health outcomes through residential placement of General Practitioners on communities for the first time, increases in Aboriginal health workers trained and employed, and community-based health clinics established during the Coordinated Care Trial (mid-to-late 1990s).

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ninti Training LimitedminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021KWHB partnered with Ninti Training Limited (an Aboriginal Community Controlled Registered Training Organisation) to deliver 24 Bush First Aid sessions across Lajamanu, Kalkaringi, Daguragu, Nitjpurru, Yarralin, Timber Creek and surrounding communities. The two-hour course empowers community members with practical first aid skills using available resources.
• Sunrise Health ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKWHB partners with Sunrise Health Service as part of the Big Rivers regional collaboration, working with Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service and NT Health across the 340,000 km² Big Rivers region to deliver the Healing for Our Mob program (supporting recovery from family, domestic and sexual violence) and the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program.
• Wurli-Wurlinjang Health ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKWHB partners with Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service as part of the Big Rivers regional collaboration, delivering the Healing for Our Mob program and Tackling Indigenous Smoking program across the linguistically and culturally diverse remote Big Rivers region.
• NT HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKWHB partners with NT Health as part of the Big Rivers regional collaboration, working across the geographically large region to deliver the Healing for Our Mob and Tackling Indigenous Smoking programs.
• NT PHN (Northern Territory Primary Health Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNT PHN commissioned the Healing for Our Mob program, with funding from the Australian Government. The program provides individualised, culturally safe FDSV-specific care and support to victim-survivors as part of their longer-term recovery and healing.
• Life Education NTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKWHB has formed a strong ongoing partnership with Life Education NT to deliver school-based education and community events, supporting health education programs in the Katherine West region.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BRTIS
• Facebookfacebook.com/KatherineWestHealthBoard
• Instagraminstagram.com/bigrivers_healingforourmob
• Xx.com/Kwhb_OneShield
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/katherine-west-health-board

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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