22 January Secure messaging standards to be mandatory January 22, 2020 By Danielle Cranefield Announcement, Digital Health Agency 0 State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments have released a joint statement in support of new standards for secure messaging, stating that the standards will be mandatory in future procurement for applicable systems. State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments have released a joint statement in support of new standards for secure messaging, stating that the standards will be mandatory in future procurement for applicable systems. The Australian Digital Health Agency has been working with industry and governments over a number of years to achieve interoperable secure messaging across different systems – necessary to accelerate use of electronic messaging over fax machines and paper transmission. Read More Related Articles RACGP Public Consultation: Draft Standards for general practice residential aged care The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has released the draft of the RACGP Standards for general practice residential aged care (1st edition) (Standards for GPRAC) for public consultation. Australian Immunisation Register mandatory reporting requirements Better connected healthcare system already showing improved secure transfer of patient information Mandatory Face Mask communications toolkit COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Directions for Victorians Tasmania Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of people in health care settings Comments are closed.