Digital Healthcare Across Oceania

摘要

The development of DH is distinctive in Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia due to variations in their IT infrastructure, demographics, consumer expectations, economic, and cultural settings. When extrapolated more broadly, this suggests a diversity in the evolution of DEHEs in Oceania.While Singapore compares favorably by some measures, the Australian and Malaysian DEHEs are not as advanced as in the U.S.-the long-standing home of the Personal Connected Healthcare Alliance,for example; or in Israel, having exported a number of DH products to the U.S.In the three nations examined, challenges remain in the integration of DH systems that, if organized well, could facilitate improved wellness healthcare for all citizens. Issues of data custodianship and the maintenance of privacy have also arisen in at least two of the nations. The ultimate challenge for all three, however, is in turning promising levels of technical achievement into sustained improvements in healthcare.