Despite the furore over the My Health Record opt-out process, it was mainly some large acute care IT system implementations and tenders that took our readers' fancy this year. My Health Record certainly appeared in the top 20 most-read stories, but it was activity at Telstra Health, Queensland Health and the Victorian DHHS that dominated.

EMR-linked doctor burnout, a breakthrough in secure messaging interoperability and the Australian Digital Health Agency floating the idea of re-platforming the technology underlying the My Health Record rounded the year out, along with the adventures of some digital health movers and shakers. But as is so often the case, it was Telstra Health that took the top spot.