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Priorities and initiatives

The Strategy Delivery Roadmap sets out clear and measurable steps for how stakeholders across the nation will implement Australia's National Digital Health Strategy. The initiatives from the roadmap are outlined below and will help implement the strategy through its 12 priority areas and 4 health system outcomes.

Select an outcome or priority below, then scroll down to discover the related initiatives.

Priorities

Digitally enabled

Person-centred

Inclusive

Data-driven

Initiatives

Keywords

Outcomes and Priorities

Leads and Partners

Status

Data-driven

Use health information for research and public health purposes
Item	Initiative	Leads	Partners	Target	Status
4.1.01	4.1.01: Undertake and share research into digital health models of care to inform public health decisions and the translation of the models into clinical practice	Researchers	Industry and technology vendors Governments Healthcare providers	Target: Ongoing until 2026	Status: Underway
4.1.02	4.1.02: Collect and share patient reported experience and outcomes data to inform decision making, shared care planning and care improvements	Healthcare providers	Governments Researchers	Target: Ongoing until 2028	Status: Underway
4.1.03	4.1.03: Deliver a data analytics capability and implement analytics programs to leverage identified data including for research and public health use once necessary governance and legislative arrangements are established	Department of Health and Aged Care Australian Digital Health Agency	All health departments Researchers Industry and technology vendors	Target: Ongoing until 2028	Status: Underway
4.1.04	4.1.04: Australia to participate in discussions to harmonise global aligned standard on health technology exports and reduce costs associated with customising imported global products	Department of Health and Aged Care	Australian Digital Health Agency Therapeutic Goods Administration Department of Industry Science and Resources	Target: Ongoing until 2028	Status: Underway
4.1.05	4.1.05: Australia continue international cooperation to advance secure and interoperable digital health as a core focus of the the Global Digital Health Partnership and organisations including WHO, OECD, APEC and G20	Department of Health and Aged Care Australian Digital Health Agency		Target: Ongoing until 2028	Status: Underway
4.1.06	4.1.06: Develop mechanisms to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have access to data held by government and other relevant entities to support local planning and decision making	All governments	Healthcare providers Researchers	Target: By 2027	Status: Planning
4.1.07	4.1.07: Support the use of exploratory and simulation research activities to evaluate digital health solutions	All governments	Industry and technology vendors Healthcare providers		Status: Future
4.1.08	4.1.08: Harmonise relevant policy and legislation across jurisdictions to support the safe and secure use of and access to health information	All governments	Industry and technology vendors Healthcare providers		Status: Future