Clinical informatics creates machine‑readable clinical concepts to support accurate, consistent information exchange. By standardising data and enabling interoperable systems, it helps drive better outcomes for clinicians and patients. This work includes building clinical specifications, data models, and supporting vendors to improve safe, consistent healthcare information sharing.

Creating and sustaining guides and specifications

Our work creates the models and standards that let healthcare systems share safe, consistent clinical information. This benefits clinicians, vendors, and patients, and relies on working closely with SDOs, such as HL7. In simple terms, we design the rules that let different systems understand each other.

Why clinical informatic matters

Australia’s digital health relies on our clinical models and standards to ensure safe, interoperable information exchange. We advance national specifications like HL7 FHIR AU Core and support delivery of the Agency’s work program. Stay engaged – explore our latest tools and guidance on the Digital Health Implementer Hub.