Australia's Digital Health: Focus on National Interoperability and FHIR Migration
The 2024 Australian Digital Health Year in Review: part three
An FHIR-enabled near-real time personal health record system was featured in a review of Australian digital health progress.
Summary
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) announced plans to develop a national Health Information Exchange (HIE). This aims to transition the My Health Record system from a document-based repository to a real-time, FHIR-enabled personal health record, standardizing and advancing data exchange.
Details
A major development in Australian digital health was ADHA's plan to develop a national HIE infrastructure. This new system is designed to move the My Health Record away from its document-based repository status toward a modern, FHIR-enabled near-real time personal health record. The plans include creating 'The Directory,' which will provide a harmonized view of all participating healthcare providers across jurisdictions and care settings. ADHA stated it would use a microservices approach to integrate multiple federated data sources, including My Health Record, hospital EMRs, GP practice management systems, and consumer-held wearable data. Furthermore, Epic announced support for the International Patient Summary (IPS) FHIR specification in 2025, cementing FHIR's role as a primary means of information exchange. Telstra Health also launched its FHIR-based API, Smart API+, facilitating seamless data access across its primary care solutions. These developments underscore a strong industry push toward interoperability and standardized data exchange within Australia’s healthcare sector.
Technology Note
FHIR（Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources）は医療データ交換の国際標準。このエントリの関連技術: FHIR
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