National Digital Health Infrastructure Modernisation

Consistent with the National Digital Health Strategy, the Australian Government is modernising the infrastructure that underpins Australia’s digital health ecosystem. It is providing better support to individuals and their healthcare providers by increasing the amount of health information that is available in real-time and better connecting data across different parts of the healthcare system. The Australian Government’s broader digital health modernisation agenda include the release of the My Health App, uplifting the My Health Record data platform to enable increased uploading of health information in data-rich formats, and bringing in new partners to the My Health Record ecosystem such as Allied Health and Aged Care providers. The establishment of a National Health Information Exchange for improving intra-jurisdictional health information flows will deliver national infrastructure that drives secure and effective digital interoperability. 

Deliverables

• Modernisation of national digital health infrastructure, including My Health Record and a National Health Information Exchange capability

Timeframe

• Ongoing