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Contribute to the Digital Health Specialist Toolkit
Date published: May 26, 2020, 16:32 PM
Summary
The Australian Digital Health Agency are seeking input into the development of an evidence-based digital health Toolkit.
Description
The Australian Digital Health Agency is developing an evidence-based digital health Toolkit for Medical Specialists which aims to improve the Australian medical workforce’s capabilities in relation to digital health.
This Toolkit will be developed with a focus on cardiologists and surgeons in private practice. Practice managers have also been included as a target group of the toolkit, as they are key to supporting digital capability and the adoption of digital health technologies.
The Agency is being supported in this work by KPMG, who are conducting interviews with a range of stakeholders involved in specialist care.
The purpose of these consultations is to gain insight into the ways in which the toolkit can best support digital health adoption across both specialist groups and practice managers.
For more information, see the interview invitation (PDF).
Interviews
Interviews are available till 5 June 2020.
Interviews take about 1 hour and can be done via phone or video conferencing. Participants will be remunerated for their time.
To schedule an interview, contact Damien MacMunn on dmacmunn@kpmg.com.au or 07 3434 9143.
Creation Date:
May 26, 2020, 12:00 PM
Closing Date:
Jun 5, 2020, 18:00 PM
Here is the link:
https://www.racp.edu.au/expressions-of-interest/digital-health-specialist-toolkit
Here are a few more details:
Interview Invite
Providing Insight into the Development of a Specialist Digital Health Toolkit
Overview of the Project
KPMG has been engaged by the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) to develop an evidence-based Medical Specialist Toolkit which aims to improve the Australian medical workforce’s capabilities in relation to digital health. This Toolkit will be developed with a focus on cardiologists and surgeons in private practice. Practice Managers have also been included as a target group of the Toolkit, as they are key to supporting digital capability and the adoption of emerging technologies.
Initial Stakeholder Engagement
As a part of the development process, KPMG is conducting interviews with a range of stakeholders involved in specialist care. The purpose of these consultations is to gain insight into the ways in which the Toolkit can best support digital health adoption across both specialist groups and practice managers. Questions will cover
· Current level of maturity and adoption of Telehealth, ePrescribing, Secure Messaging, and My Health Record in practice;
· Base maturity of digital literacy around foundational topics such as data privacy, data security, and interoperability;
· Key barriers or areas of resistance to the adoption of digital health technologies;
· Toolkit delivery methods and modalities that support digital health adoption; and
· Types of resources that are going to be most beneficial.
Interview Details
The interview will last a maximum of one hour in duration, and can be completed over the phone or through software that enables video-conferencing, such as Skype or Microsoft Teams
Here is the link:
You have to wonder just why surgeons and cardiologists are the target but leaving that aside most specialists have had their practice managers set up what they need and really are keen on keeping their lives as simple and efficient as possible. Remember all the technology is a cost to the private specialist so they are hardly going to splash out without good cause.
They are also often consulting at different sites and can find access to systems from multiple locations rather problematic Remember also that specialist practice is usually a solo endeavour so ease of use and delivery of obvious value for the clinician is vital.
I wonder does the ADHA have a cost, impact and benefit study that shows adoption of Digital Health will improve the specialist’s quality life and hip-pocket. I reckon they are whistling in the wind without a clear (true) story to tell!
I wonder will we ever see the outcome of the consultation?
David.
My reading of this nonsense is that KPMG will be asking specialists "why are you not using ADHA's digital health Toolkit for Medical Specialists?"
ReplyDeleteThe bit about it being "evidence based" is a meaningless use of a very specific clinical term. Evidence Based is an epidemiological concept used in Randomised Clinical Trials, not anecdotal interviews.
The money would be better spent asking medical speciaalists what their major problems are. That would guide the development of useful solutions.
As it is, these tech heads have come up with what they think is a few simplistic ideas and are now wondering why nobody wants them.
The lack of any results of the Emergency Department use of myhr suggests that nothing came of it and the ADHA is still searching for a reason to exist.
Bernard you are incorrect in assuming ADHA “tech heads”. They are running on empty when it comes to tech leadership of appreciation of modern technology, system and information architecture. They are just a sales team flogging a solution (sort of a solution).
ReplyDeleteThey lack vision and stumble across old terms and think they are revolutionary.
Spot on with the rest of your commments
"Bernard you are incorrect in assuming ADHA 'tech heads'."
ReplyDeleteI can't disagree with that. The tech heads, if any, were probably in NEHTA and have all been banished from ADHA.
Help me out here, just what the DJT are they looking to achieve? What is this toolkit? Is it a pile of shiny broaches for waiting rooms? Why is ADHA even trying to encroach on others market place?
ReplyDelete@Long Live T.38
ReplyDeleteHelp me out here, just what the DJT are they looking to achieve?
Misguided self preservation.
Much like that malignant narcissist boy child DJT.
Preservation of self, nothing more!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it time to forget about, ignore completely, the ADHA and My Health Record, and focus your energies on other more relevant developments and worthy projects? Presumably some exist or are they also like the ADHA, ... just a lot of talk and wishful thinking?
ReplyDeleteApart from the hospital vendors like Epic, Cerner, Telstra, etc, there doesn't seem to be anything else of much significance of size and scope like My Health Record. So much for homegrown innovative approaches to digital health. Probably too hard!
DeleteThe hard part is finding a way around the bureaucrats obstacles.
Delete@9:17 AM Good question. There isn't much else worth talking about, the ADHA has the oxygen and everyone else is gasping for breath. I might be wrong but think not.
ReplyDelete"Isn't it time to forget about, ignore completely, the ADHA and My Health Record, and focus your energies on other more relevant developments and worthy projects?"
ReplyDeleteThe government would love it if everyone stopped pointing out the uselessness of MyHR. Billions of documents would still be uploaded for no apparent reason, so it can be claimed a success. As an aid to healthcare it is worse than useless. As a surveillance tool it has lots of potential.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
I for one refuse to do nothing.
For innovation and things actually being put to good use simply look at areas the ADHA is trying to muscle into.
ReplyDeleteIt's the same old story; always has been. Let the bureaucrats get involved and allow them to muscle into your brilliant innovative 'project', then after they have absorbed as much information as possible they will then try to influence how it is managed and delivered, then they will seek to exercise control, then they will completely stuff it up, and you will ask yourself how did we ever let them become involved. As 2:38 PM said "the hard part is finding a way around the bureaucrats obstacles and meddling". Even harder is how to manage your own naivety. Is there anyone sitting out there wrestling with that very issue today?
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