The Australasian Institute Of Digital Health released its 4 year Strategic Plan a few days ago.
Here is the web announcement:
https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/aidh-strategic-plan/
AIDH Strategic plan
Apr 15, 2021 | AIDH news, Publications
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health strategic plan for 2021-2025 was launched today with a focus on advocacy and member engagement to drive workforce reform.
AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said the Institute was already working with many health professions on workforce advancement through accreditation and training. starting with the basics of digital health.
The nursing and midwifery workforces have started to upskill by assessing capability in public and private sectors and fixing a starting point to build programs for education and training.
“It’s time to take this to all of the health professions on a larger scale,” she said. “We are already accrediting individual professionals in digital health and other moves include educating senior Board members and executives on what they need to know in their own businesses.”
“The Institute’s new strategy embeds much more collaboration and cross-partnerships to take digital health out to every healthcare professional, whatever level of knowledge they have as a starting point.”
The strategy is publicly available here.
Here is what the full media statement says:
Media statement
Thursday 15April 2021
Digital health to drive workforce reform
Australasia’s leading professional body for digital health will ask its members to drive health workforce reform to retain the region’s global standing in healthcare.
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) will activate the 2,000 strong membership base which includes global and national leaders in digital health to be a voice for the future of the health system.
“The Institute will be strongly advocating to maintain the momentum in digital delivery achieved in the COVID response,” said AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper.
‘There is an opportunity to make generational changes in healthcare if we empower the health workforce today.
”The Institute today launched an extensively workforce-focused strategic plan.
Dr Schaper said there had been leaps forward during the pandemic, with the greatest advances in telehealth and virtual care and the Institute wanted to see this progress embedded.
“Rolling back on telehealth, which leapt to public attention during the pandemic, is a mistake and there is a risk public confidence and momentum in digital health delivery will be lost,” Dr Schaper said.
“The Institute has members spread across the health system and interest in digital health delivery is growing especially from the consumer.
“We need to listen to the patients in the health system who want the same seamless access to their information they experience in every other aspect of their life,” she said.
She said the Institute was already working with many health professions on workforce advancement through accreditation and training, with programs that start with the basics of digital health to more advanced workforce-based programs to build capability across the health sector.
“Nursing and midwifery workforce have started to upskill by assessing capability in public and private sectors and fixing a starting point to build programs for education and training”, Dr Schaper said.
“It’s time to take this to all of the health professions on a larger scale,” she said. “We are already accrediting individual professionals in digital health and other moves include educating senior Board members and executives on what they need to know in their own businesses.”.
“The Institute’s new strategy embeds collaboration and cross-partnerships to take digital health out to every healthcare professional, whatever level of knowledge they have as a starting point,” she said.
END
Here is the link to the .pdf
https://digitalhealth.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AIDH-launches-strategic-plan.pdf
Since I don’t recall being asked to comment on or review any draft document you can understand I was interested to see what the document said.
Here is the direct link:
https://digitalhealth.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AIDH-Strategic-Plan-2021-25_April-2021.pdf
The document is 23 pages and the
Table Of Contents
About AIDH 2
Our path forward 5
Our vision, purpose and values 7
Strategic framework 10
Workforce advancement 13
Leadership and advocacy 15
Community engagement 17
Organisational capability 19
The roadmap to AIDH’s future 20
Our brandmark and tagline 22
End TOC.
The Vision is as follows:
The promise of a future patient-centred healthcare system transformed through digital information and technologies sustains the Fellows and Members of the Institute with a vision for healthier lives, digitally enabled. (p9/23)
The Purpose is as follows:
The independent voice of digital health leadership and expertise to achieve healthier lives, digitally enabled. (p10/23)
The Values are as follows:
From our team
at the Institute, to our leadership and volunteer group of Board and committee
members, we are bound by a set of core values that exemplify our passion and
mission. (p11/23)
Core Values
Passion
Diversity
Collaboration
Credibility
Creativity
Quality
THE AIDH STRATEGY IS TO:
1. Workforce Advancement - Build the digital health capability of the healthcare workforce and champion expertise & professionalism.
2. Leadership and Advocacy - Provide independent global leadership and expertise to advance health innovation.
3. Community Engagement - Build the movement through networks, events and ideas exchange.
All supported by Organisational Excellence i.e.
Foster a high performance innovative culture that is well governed, diverse and growing.
The pack wraps up with the following:
AIDH leading the movement and advocating for change.
Digital health is being embedded through coalitions and partnerships.
Practices & organisations are supported to build digital health capability.
DigitalHealth101 - building awareness among health & industry professionals.
Leading to - 2021 - 2025 Towards a digital health future
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What to say but to ask others to download and read and see what they think!
For me the lack of any real metrics, timelines, action points and steps towards the objectives meant I kept hoping there was more to follow on the what and how of execution of the plan.
Very interested in the views of others!
David.
Very pretty. Reads like an interim corporate plan. Much like we get from it sister organisation the ADHA. Still if it lets people go about doing things I am sure something will stick.
ReplyDeleteEHealth is lost at the moment.
Digital Health, be it ADHA or AIDH, is to healthcare what Amazon is to literature.
ReplyDeleteThey just don't realise that digital health is an administrative function and has nothing to do with the practice of medicine.
Seems reasonable and the organisation needs to fill its coffers. As a member it would be nice if they avoided rubbish like “ we will activate the 2,000 strong membership” and Personally I am not a thing to be activated or deactivated. Other than that AIDH seems to be serving a purpose and the networking is good. There are always flaws and the way some use this as a marketing tool or an exclusive club that stands them apart from other contributors that are not members is troubling.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how AIDH could use metrics and how to hold them to it, it is a bit fluffy when it comes to corporate governance practices.
Surprised you are not an Fellow David
Long Live T38 said:
ReplyDelete"Surprised you are not an Fellow David"
Not to disappoint but I am a Foundation Fellow and was a FACHI for many years before that.
David.
Not disappointed to have that clarified, I just could not find you on the list of Fellows. I am then rather surprised you were not invited. Looking forward to being activated.
ReplyDeleteOn the website - down the side of the Fellows pictures - Dr David Gordon More.
ReplyDeleteDavid.