ADHA announces expansion of secure messaging program

The Australian Digital Health Agency is partnering with 42 healthcare organizations to expand secure messaging functionality across the country. The enhancements will allow clinicians to securely exchange messages in a standard format across different secure messaging platforms. This is part of the National Digital Health Strategy’s goal to enable secure provider-to-provider communication and eliminate paper-based messaging. The agency has also established a technical working group to co-design solutions and is implementing proof of concept projects to validate the approach.