STATE, Territory and Federal Governments have released a joint statement in support of new standards for secure messaging, stating that the standards will be mandatory in future procurement for applicable health systems.
Medical Software Industry Association CEO, Emma Hossack, welcomed the governments' support for the new standards, which aim to ensure interoperable secure messaging across different systems to support the accelerated use of electronic messaging over fax and paper transmission.
"There is work underway on a standards framework, trust framework and federated directory solution which is marvellous," she said.
"We have consensus that these will be developed collaboratively and in keeping with the broader digital health interoperability approach.
"Whilst this can't be rushed, we are optimistic that future development will occur through agreed standards, validation and conformance which is good news for all Australians using the health system."
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