The role of health information managers doesn't get a mention in the Australian Digital Health Agency's framework for action for the roll-out of the national digital health strategy, the profession's peak body says, with the development of the health information workforce forgotten yet again.

The Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) has long highlighted looming workforce shortages for health information managers (HIMs) and clinical coders and the deleterious effect this will have on digital health initiatives.