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Digital Health CSI

The Digital Health Community of Specialty Interest was established as the Pharmacists Digital Health Network in 2018 to promote uptake and advocate meaningful clinical use of the Digital Health initiatives by pharmacists working in any practice setting, in order to optimise health outcomes for Australians. Establishing the Digital Health Community of Specialty Interest will allow for greater participation by PSA members in digital health leadership.

 

The Digital Health Community of Specialty Interest will contribute to the Digital Health Vision for Pharmacy, development of associated education materials and design of a clinical leadership communication strategy to support practice change, in order to assist pharmacists in all practice setting to utilise digital health as a means of delivering improved outcomes.

Andrew Matthews
Our CSI Chair

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.

Our leadership group members

  • Andrew Matthews MPS
  • Jarrrod McMaugh BPharm MPS
  • Adrian Sebastiano MPS
  • Amanda Seeto BPharm MPS
  • Andrew Robinson BPharm AACPA MPS
  • Jerry Yik BPharm MPS
  • Jia-Min Liau MPS
  • Kenneth Lee BPharm PhD Hons PhD BCPS FPS
  • Maryanne Molenaar BPharm MPS
  • Mina Wanis BPharm MPS
  • Nader Mitri MPS
  • Samantha Bowen BPharm (Hons) MPS
  • Samuel Keitaanpaa BPharm PhD MPS
  • Susan Cheng Pharm (Hons) MPS
  • Vihung Kapadia BPharm MPS

Why join the CSI-DH?

The Digital Health Community of Specialty Interest will allow for greater participation by PSA members in digital health leadership. The Digital Health Community of Specialty Interest will contribute to the Digital Health Vision for Pharmacy, development of associated education materials and design of a clinical leadership communication strategy to support practice change, in order to assist pharmacists in all practice setting to utilise digital health as a means of delivering improved outcomes.