2019 Digital Health Seminar

The Jamieson Trauma Institute in collaboration with the Digital Health CRC, CSIRO Australian eHealth Research Centre, and Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation QUT, held the Digital Health in Australia: Opportunities and Challenges – Advancing Trauma Management Through Data” seminar, on Monday, March 18^th at QUT.

The seminar was a breadth and depth of available electronic data in the digital health era as well as the technological advancements in data integration/interoperability have opened up new opportunities to significantly increase the sources of rich clinical data informing healthcare management and research.

The aim of the seminar was to present international, national and state perspectives on digital health developments, describe the unique data/information needs within the trauma context, outline the key digital health challenges which need to be addressed, and discuss a range of informatics/technological solutions. Jamieson Trauma Institute was lucky enough to have Erwin Boettinger speak at the event, speaking about European perspectives on digital health and Outcome measurement tools.