The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is marking World Standards Day, which falls on October 14, 2026, by highlighting its work to strengthen the standards, skills and partnerships that underpin safe, connected healthcare. According to Agency Chief Digital Officer Peter O'Halloran, standards are critical to ensuring health information can be trusted, understood and used safely, wherever care is provided.
Introduction to World Standards Day
The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is marking World Standards Day, which falls on October 14, 2026, by highlighting its work to strengthen the standards, skills and partnerships that underpin safe, connected healthcare. According to Agency Chief Digital Officer Peter O'Halloran, standards are critical to ensuring health information can be trusted, understood and used safely, wherever care is provided.
Strengthening Healthcare Standards
The Agency's work extends from contributing to international standards discussions to supporting their practical implementation across Australia. Later this month, the Agency will welcome the global clinical terminology community to Sydney as the Australian host member for the SNOMED International Business Meetings from 18 to 21 October and co-host of SNOMED CT Expo 2026 from 21 to 23 October.
Building Practical Capability
Alongside this international engagement, the Agency is building practical capability through its Standards Academy, which provides education and training to help clinicians, developers, policymakers, researchers and industry professionals understand and implement digital health standards. At the end of September, the Standards Academy had recorded 3,999 course enrolments or completions, including 1,600 completed courses, 2,399 courses in progress and 112 participants ready to attend virtual workshops in October and November.
Practical Response
To build capability in digital health standards, Australian healthcare organisations can register for a free Standards Academy course. The Academy offers fully funded, role-based training for technical and non-technical audiences in flexible formats, including self-paced, virtual, hybrid and instructor-led options. Participants can build the practical knowledge and confidence needed to support standards adoption and more connected healthcare. Agency Branch Manager, Informatics and Standards, Ryan Mavin, notes that developing and agreeing standards is only part of the task, and their value is realised when people have the knowledge, tools and confidence to apply them consistently.
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