Australia’s leading digital health and medical leadership organisations have come together to issue a joint statement calling for a stronger, more collaborative approach to clinical governance in the digital health.
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) and the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) are urging shared responsibility across clinical, technical, and executive leadership to ensure clinical governance is embedded at every stage of digital health design and implementation.
The statement outlines the need for healthcare systems to both apply clinical governance to digital health, ensuring technologies are safe, ethical and person-centred and to use digital tools to strengthen clinical governance, by improving how care is measured, monitored, and delivered.
“High-quality, safe, and person-centred care cannot exist without robust clinical governance. Likewise, in a rapidly transforming health system, clinical governance must itself become digitally enabled to harness the benefits of technology advancements,” said AIDH CEO, Anja Nikolic.
RACMA Chief Executive, Cris Massis, said that digital tools like real-time dashboards, AI analytics and incident monitoring systems are already helping to improve oversight and outcomes in healthcare.
“This is about building trust, transparency, and continuous improvement into everything we do with technology,” he said.
The AIDH-RACMA collaboration recommends:
- Adoption of five key safety principles for digital health
- Shared standards for AI governance
- Executive guidance on managing technology risks
- Clear accountability frameworks for digital transformation
RACMA-trained Medical Administrators are uniquely placed to lead these integrated governance systems—bringing innovation and safety together in health leadership.
The five core safety principles:
- Support secure, evidence-based care through technology
- Establish clear accountability for digital health outcomes
- Use real-time data to improve services continuously
- Protect patient privacy and promote informed decision-making
- Build workforce capability through partnership and collaboration
Read the full joint statement here