Healthcare IT News July 15, 2024
The Department of Health and Aged Care has released the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy and accompanying action plan.
The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care has released a five-year strategy to deliver aged care reforms.
In the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy, the government envisions an aged care system that delivers “the highest quality person-centred care for older people while driving a sustainable and productive care and support economy through data and digital innovation.”
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
To realise its vision, the strategy identified four specific outcomes, two of which relate to the secure sharing and use of data and having data and digital foundations that underpin a standards-based aged care system. Such outcomes emphasise...