Digital Health CSI

Andrew Matthews

Andrew Matthews has a track-record of program and project success across health and pharmacy initiatives that have made a real difference to the practice of health professionals and the lives of Australians.

As Medicines Safety Program Director at the Australian Digital Health Agency from 2018-2021, Andrew and his Agency team led the development of the technical framework for electronic prescribing and the subsequent implementation of electronic prescriptions.

ePrescriptions have enabled more streamlined workflows especially for telehealth, and for those people self-isolating at home under COVID-19 restrictions. A telehealth consult can now be supported by a doctor being able to send a legal, fully digital prescription direct to their patient by SMS or email. Andrew’s work also supported the implementation of the Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) in My Health Record, and contributed to the national approach to RTPM.

Andrew continues his involvement in digital health, now working for the Department of Health on a Modernisation of Diagnostic Imaging project that will allow the expansion of eRequests and referrals for diagnostic imaging.

As a pharmacist, he has worked in both hospital and community pharmacy in Adelaide, Canberra, and Wagga Wagga. Andrew has presented at multiple conferences both as an invited speaker and as a presenter of contributed papers/posters, and actively participated in many professional practice committees and working groups.