$30 million for My Health Record interoperability and more instructions
ADHA seeks MHR interoperability enabler
The Australian Digital Health Agency recently went to market to find an FHIR server solution provider as part of its efforts to modernize My Health Record (MHR).
“The objective is to build the internal technical platform capabilities and infrastructure integrations to enable FHIR interoperability capabilities for the MHR,” the company said in a tender application.
The contract has an estimated value of between A$45 million and A$50 million ($30 million-$33 million). The agency also wants the chosen partner to provide continued FHIR interoperability support for future national digital health infrastructure components and systems.
Since 2022, the ADHA has worked with HL7 Australia to promote the adoption of FHIR standards across the healthcare system.
WA looking for EMR suppliers
Western Australia’s Department of Health has also gone to market to identify organizations that can help deploy its EMR platform statewide.
The state aims to have a fully functional EHR system by July 2029, as stated in the 10-year WA Health Digital Strategy. As described, the EHR is “both a medical record and a set of capabilities that support clinical care and workflows across healthcare settings.”
WA has invested approximately A$150 million ($100 million) in the EMR project to date. The project is currently in progress phase 1, which includes the implementation of digital health records with single sign-on technology and virtual desktop infrastructure in public state hospitals.
Online atlas about children and youth healthcare goes live
Recently, the University of Western Australia launched an online atlas focusing on the wellbeing of children and young people.
The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas, which UWA claims is the first in the world, is a free mapping tool that provides location-specific data on the health and wellbeing indicators of children and young people.
“The atlas highlights key indicators across health, education and social outcomes, empowering policymakers, researchers and community leaders to make data-driven decisions,” explains Rebecca Glauert, project leader and associate professor at the UWA School of Population and Global Health . .
UWA developed the online tool together with the Queensland University of Technology.