The long-delayed “refresh” of the 2008 National eHealth Strategy may finally see the light of day this year, with the Department of Health declaring it will be tabled for COAG health ministerial agreement early in 2016.

The 10-year strategy was first developed by Deloitte in 2008 to set out a roadmap for four major streams of eHealth activity, including foundations, solutions, change and adoption, and governance. The “refresh” or review of the strategy was commissioned by the health ministers in 2011, with Deloitte again contracted to carry it out.