It Really Looks Like The Department of Health Has Given Digital Health The Boot. It ’s Gone Who Knows Where?

The organizational chart which we discussed a day or so ago is very interesting with respect to Digital Health.

What is clear from this link is that the part of the org chart in the lower left that had Paul Madden and Bettina Konti has gone, with her moving to a purple box a half way across the new chart and he vanishing.

Here is the link:

http://health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/24BEDAF 18381C86ACA257BF0001E0193/$File/Departmental%20Structure%20Chart%20-%2019%20Jan%2018.pdf

Here is a link from the NLA Wayback Machine for almost 6 months ago (August 1, 2017) when all was in place:

http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/gov/20170816053652/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.ns f/Content/health-struct.htm

So we seem to have a pretty major un-announced, as far as I know, change in Digital Health responsibility and coverage.

I think what we need to know is the fate of the senior officers and the projects that they were looking after. The ADHA does not publish...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 28, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs