Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care: Priorities for high quality digitally enabled care

Summary

Digitally enabled care is the appropriate application and integration of digital health tools and technologies in clinical settings to deliver, coordinate or enhance patient care.

The Commission sets and stewards best practice for digital health to support high-quality care. Digital health enables better care when it is safe, integrated and trusted.

Content

The four priorities are:

1. Embed digitally enabled care in clinical governance.
2. Strengthen virtual care quality.
3. Advance connected care through standardised data.
4. Lead system-wide quality improvement in digitally enabled care.