The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) has officially launched a new professional development program for executives working in the digital health sector, with planning underway for a certification program.

The Australian Digital Health Executives Network (DHEN) was first suggested by its inaugural chairman Richard Royle (pictured) at the HIC conference in Brisbane last year. It has been formed by a collaboration of senior digital health executives including eHealth Queensland CEO Richard Ashby, Queensland Health's new CCIO Keith McNeil and eHealth NSW CEO Zoran Bolevich.