Improving health and wellbeing through connected digital health communities in rural and remote areas across Australia.
Five key focus areas
Connecting the community’s healthcare providers to My Health Record
Supporting the expansion and availability of telehealth across all areas of healthcare
Increasing awareness and use of secure messaging for the exchange of clinical information across different care settings
Enabling the use of electronic prescriptions in general practices and pharmacies
Building digital health literacy and participation among healthcare providers, patients and their families
Participating communities
There are currently three Communities of Excellence.
Emerald in Queensland and Hedland in Western Australia were foundation communities, having been a part of this initiative since 2019. More recently, East Arnhem in the Northern Territory was added.