AMA Vice President leads the discussion on digitally enabled continuity of care

Experts in digital health took part in a hybrid conference in Sydney last week discussing the future of clinical governance in digital health.

AMA Vice President Dr Danielle McMullen was one of the keynote speakers at last week’s Australian Digital Health Summit titled Clinical Governance in Digital Health. Dr McMullen chaired a session that discussed digitally enabled continuity of care which explored the gaps and potential for improvement in patient movement across the health system.

In her speech, Dr Mc Mullen emphasized continuity of care, noting that it has shown to contribute to reduced mortality, fewer ED visits, fewer hospitalisations and higher patient satisfaction. It results in lower healthcare expenses, particularly for patients with chronic health conditions. As such, digital health has an important role in continuity of care, enabling sharing of information among multiple health professionals as well as during transitions of care, from primary to acute, and across other care systems such as aged care or disability.