The AMA Points Out Some Home Truths On What Is Needed From The National Digital Health Strategy.

This appeared last week.Don ’t-give-us-high-level-give-us-down-earth-ama-says17 Mar 2017The proposed national digital health strategy should be a simple, straightforward list of proposed projects and their benefits, rather than a high-level strategy document, Australia’s peak doctors’ body says.In its submission to the A ustralian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), the AMA says it has long advocated for a strategic plan for digital health.But it warns that clinicians must be involved in both the development of the proposed National Digital Health Strategy (NDHS) and its implementation, saying too many e-health projects a round the world have failed because they were developed without consultation with the people who had to use them.“The AMA is aware of the long track record, both locally and internationally, of e-health projects falling over for failing to consider the social aspects of development and implementat ion,” the AMA says.“If no other lessons have been learnt from Australia’s... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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