The Board is working with the executive team to deliver robust foundations for the AIDH’s governance and programs that are scalable and sustainable.

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In its response to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s consultation on Modernising My Health Record – Sharing pathology and diagnostic imaging reports by default and removing consumer access delays, the Institute’s submission supports the modernisation of My Health Record to enable increased health information available to consumers and their health care professionals by requiring sharing by default for private and public diagnostic providers. The Institutes submission supports that My Health Record has a vital role to play in facilitating these better health outcomes through the near real-time access to information which will enable better informed care, improving continuity of care and facilitating better outcomes

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In its submission into the Medical Board of Australia’s public consultation on the revised guidelines for telehealth consultations with patients, the Institute makes a series of recommendations for the Medical Board’s consideration, namely that the MBA goes beyond the focus on consultations, which are the only form of healthcare activity in Australia that currently receives financial support under the Medical Benefits Scheme, and start considering virtual care including telehealth as a fundamental principle.

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The promise of a future patient-centred healthcare system transformed through digital information and technologies sustains the Fellows and Members of the Institute with a vision for healthier lives, digitally enabled.

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What is digital health and why does it matter? By David Rowlands

Digital Health Workforce Academy and the Australasian Institute of Digital Health

Health organisations all over the world are developing and implementing digital health strategies, and companies from start-ups to long-established players are spruiking digital health. But are we all talking about the same thing? This paper presents the view that digital health is in fact something quite new – an evolutionary step in the 70-year journey of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in the health sector, but a step that transcends technology.

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HISA’s Clinical Informatics Community of Practice (CoP) believes leadership in clinical informatics is imperative if we are to get the future of healthcare right in a world where digital is ubiquitous. Leadership skills in clinical informatics must be developed if we are to ensure technology brings value to healthcare delivery and patient experience. This leadership capability needs to be acknowledged by organisations embarking on their digital transformation and, by professional colleges who hold their registered health care professionals accountable for their conduct and practice.

The results of HISA’s 2017 cybersecurity survey have been discussed over some months at branch meetings and webinars and now the published version has been made available online. There were 157 responses to the survey from a cross-section of organisations. It was conducted across four broad domains to assess awareness and maturity across the healthcare ecosystem:

• Leadership
• Culture/Staff responsibility and awareness
• Policies and procedures
• General cybersecurity knowledge

Note this framework has been replaced by the Australian Health Informatics Competency Framework: 2nd Edition

The CHIA Health Informatics Competencies Framework provides the context in which the questions for the exam have been developed. The competencies set the minimum requirements in terms of skills, knowledge, understandings and capabilities that will enable a candidate to perform in a professional environment. The competencies serve to define what health informatics professionals know and do. This framework can also be used as a set of guidelines for recruiting purposes, definitions of career pathways, or the design of educational and training activities. The development of this competency framework is expected to play a key role in raising the profile of health informaticians, contributing to a wider recognition of the profession, and defining more clearly the body of knowledge underpinning this discipline.