The DHCRC has become a Sparked Founding Member, by committing involvement in helping build capacity in the Sparked community. Sparked is a Federally funded program to develop and facilitate the adoption of national Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards. These standards are key to improving digital information sharing across healthcare in Australia. In partnership with DHAC, ADHA and HL7 Australia, CSIRO is responsible for delivering the Sparked program, which is an Australian-first FHIR Accelerator.
Development of open and transparent standards requires an active community of clinicians, software industry vendors, private and public healthcare organisations, and government agencies to co-design and validate nationally agreed health data standards.
This community-centric and consensus-driven approach will ensure standards are driven by community needs and are more readily understood, adopted, and implemented.
As the demands for FHIR standards will grow significantly in the coming years in the face of national interoperability targets, the DHCRC is working with the Sparked program on ways to bolster technical skills such as clinical data modelling, FHIR resource development, and testing through participation in Connectathons and through SMART on FHIR app development.
If you are interested in the Sparked program explore their website for an overview of the program’s goals and operations.
