Digital health summit in Canberra
Participants from 13 countries, Hong Kong SAR and the World Health Organization have kicked off a new global network to support best use of digital technology in modern health care.
Greg Hunt, Minister for Health, and the Hon. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, India’s Minister for Health and Family Welfare, welcomed the participants to the inaugural Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) Summit held in Canberra earlier this week.
Minister Hunt said the partnership will create a common platform for international experts to share knowledge and experiences, to network and to forecast emerging trends to support the digital health landscape.
“Digital Health is the penicillin of our time, with precision medicine and genomics offering opportunities to cure previously incurable diseases and deliver better life-saving medicine,” he said.
The Minister said the Global Digital Health Partnership is an opportunity for “transformational engagement” by governments, digital health agencies and the WHO so they can learn, and share policy and other evidence that supports them to deliver better digital health services.
Australian Digital Health Agency CEO Tim Kelsey added that the agency was privileged to be hosting the inaugural event.
“Australia and its international partners can learn from each other and share information about what has worked in their health settings, and collaborate on initiatives together that will support digital health systems working more effectively in their countries,” he said.
“The partnership will help deliver actionable policy and program outcomes to both domestic and international agendas,” Kelsey said.
Over the coming year, the Global Digital Health Partnership will collaborate on the following topics:
- Connected and interoperable health care
- Cybersecurity
- Policies that support digital health outcomes
- Clinician and consumer engagement
- Evidence and evaluation of digital health.
“It is important that guidelines created by governments and other agencies are co-produced with the needs of innovators, industries, clinicians and the community.
“The GDHP activities should consider the needs and input of these sectors to improve the delivery of digital health service,” Kelsey said.
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