Have your say - Improving the connectedness of Australian healthcare

In almost every part of our lives, whether it’s banking, transport, travel or maintaining social or business connections, technology has changed the way we do things.

Just as people expect technology to seamlessly support them in their everyday lives, both consumers and healthcare professionals expect digital technology to support the delivery of high-quality healthcare. 

What is interoperability?
Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy describes interoperability as follows.
At its simplest, it is the ability to move information easily between people, organisations and systems. It is imperative that when information is shared between people and systems, its meaning is preserved from one context to another so that information is interpreted in the same way.

As part of the national interoperability consultation – Better connections: Your health, your say –  NWMPHN is hosting a workshop to hear your perspectives on the future of digital health in Australia and how it can best support delivery of modern person-centred health services and empower personal wellbeing. 

Discussion questions will include:

• What are Australia’s digital health aspirations? How can health learn from innovation in other industries?
• Priority areas – what are the problems we are seeking to solve by making information more accessible?  What’s important to you?
• What does it mean for consumers to be in control of their own information?
• What features would be important in maintain trust in systems that share people’s information between providers?
• How do we ensure that no one is left behind, while at the same time allowing early adopters to exercise greater control?