Director of The Medical Futurist Institute (Keynote Speaker, Researcher, Author & Futurist)
Australia's health government just released "The National Digital Health Strategy 2023-2028" and the four pillars of it seem to be on point: 1) digitally enabled and secure health services 2) empowering Australians to manage their health 3) providing inclusive access to health services 4) and utilizing data to inform healthcare decisions. "Another significant leap towards this digital healthcare future is the development of the Digicuris platform, as highlighted by Professor Clara Chow. This platform employs AI and machine learning to deliver personalized health management programs to over 160,000 patients. What sets Digicuris apart is its aim to bridge the equity and accessibility gap, ensuring that digital health solutions are not just for the 'good at tech' but for everyone, regardless of their health literacy or language proficiency." Kudos to them and I hope many other countries will follow the same example. My dear friends from down under, how do you feel about this strategy?
Marie J.
8mo
From an Australian patient and care giver perspective - and we both work in #AI - our personal experience continues to be of a broken healthcare system. My husband AKA #CardiacMan is a heart patient with 8 cardiac bypass grafts + 4 stents, over 4 surgeries. We invented the #AI powered #DigitalHuman #CardiacCoach. How can we even think about leaping into the future, when visiting healthcare settings, no one wears masks, prescriptions get lost, and endless forms to fill in. Here’s an article we wrote six years ago, just a couple of months after #CardiacMan had his 4th heart surgery - and our views haven’t changed. We are however, thankful for the Apple #Heath ecosystem which has literally been a lifesaver - unlike the My Health Record. We need to think MUCH bigger and act with urgency. 👇👇👇 https://medium.com/@mariehjohnson/abandoned-by-government-ehealth-heart-patient-turns-to-apple-317f1e1df251
Mehdi Samani MD
8mo
In my opinion,The action plan, while mentioning interoperability as a goal, does not commit to specific, pragmatic steps that can achieve true interoperability at the scale needed to transform healthcare delivery across the country. //www.linkedin.com/posts/mehdi-samani-md-4222475a_digital-health-blueprint-23-33-activity-7147895555229138944-CzBa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
We've had great strategy papers published in Australia before. The proof will be in the execution. My Health Record, which was supposed to give Australians a single, all encompassing, government funded health records of all their medical history and treatments is incomplete at best as it cannot hold the larger amounts of health data each individual creates However, I'm seeing some positive developments around FHIR and government also talks about creating regulations and incentives to make EMRs and other systems share their data with each other. A health data clearing house is being talked about. We're still at the beginning of this journey and it will take years, but at least our current government understands the issues and is moving in the right direction.
Nirdosh Puri
8mo
Rural Health Research Institute Mohammad Ali MoniRachel McDermott Alice Munro https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/national-digital-health-strategy
Wasim Irshad
8mo
Exciting to see Australia taking proactive steps towards a digital healthcare. I have been advocate to empower patients and healthcare providers through technology. Kudos to Digicuris for their innovative approach in bridging accessibility gaps and making digital health solutions inclusive for all. #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #Innovation
Fion Liao
8mo
This is a significant leap for digital healthcare! The four pillars of "The National Digital Health Strategy 2023-2028" are on point and the commitment to inclusivity is commendable. Kudos to Australia for taking this forward.
michael kibetu
8mo
This is a great
houman seraj
8mo
Thanks for sharing
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8moIt’s a sensible and bold strategy for sure. It will however fail to deliver while the methods of how healthcare is delivered remains unchanged. Let’s be honest, healthcare delivery hasn’t actually changed in a century despite the massive innovations in virtually all other walks of life. To support the strategy there needs to be investments made to pivot the incentives scheme - that is, how healthcare providers are paid - outcome based and not reactive symptom treatment. Global healthcare service delivery is unsustainable by governments and private health insurances. Its well known. Isn’t that what we should also be equally focused on resolving before it completely collapses in a huge heap and we are all left suffering? Proactive preventative care programs and pathways is what we need. New HealthTech innovations that help deliver this. This new Australian strategy is however a critical pillar in its own right as an enabler but it’s not the solution.