Learning Health System Strategic Advisory Committee Inaugural Meeting – Infographic

About this resource

Why establish the Committee? 

The top‑left section is titled “Why establish the committee”. It explains that the committee exists to:

• Build and maintain public trust and social license for research and public health uses of My Health Record data 
• Safe data access  
• Recognition of data rights  
• Build an evidence base with quality data 
• Improve the health system  
• Improve population health and equity 
• Generate value for users of the health system 

The icons show people, data, and systems working together to represent collaboration and accountability.

Digital health integration (upper centre)

At the centre top this section gives 3 main areas for digital health integration: 

1. Creating national data standards: allows information to move easily, safely and securely. 
2. Sharing by Default: ensures that health providers share key health information to My Health Record. 
3. Modernising My Health Record for healthcare consumers, health professionals and the health system: enhances the quality and quantity of data in the system. 

The current system (top right) is described as fragmented and episodic, with a need for fundamental change to enable a learning health system. Challenges to the sustainability of health care in Australia include an aging population, increased chronic disease, and a need for improved connectivity. This involves moving away from episodic care and moving towards standardising data and supporting providers to deliver on their full scope of practice.

My Health Record system (framework) 

My Health Record data has the potential to be a valuable in driving improvements in the health system as it is: 

• is person-centric, not service-centric, so it follows and tells a person's story  
• pre-linked to individuals bringing together key clinical and administrative data from a range of sources, in near to real-time.  

The framework guides the secondary use of My Health Record data. It outlines how: 

• My Health Record data CAN be used for research, policy, and planning purposes, specifically: 
• deidentified data  
• identifiable data with consent 
• My Health Record data CAN NOT be used for research, policy, and planning purposes, including: 
• commercial or industry related purposes  
• provision to insurance agencies  
• clinical trial recruitment (until specific consent mechanisms and infrastructure are established) 

Our challenge is to ensure we have timely, rigorous program review. Our commitment is to be transparent throughout and prepared to show people progress. 

Enabling a Learning Health System

This vision describes a future healthcare environment where: 

• every patient interaction provides an opportunity to learn how to deliver better health care for individuals and the community, enhancing future delivery. 
• we build our health services and systems to be consumer-centric, connected and focussed on value-based care, quality, access and equity. 
• digital health initiatives enable a learning health system through modern national infrastructure and embedding national data and terminology standards to drive information sharing and advance real-time data exchange. 

The strategy is described as continual, iterative, and scalable, recognizing that My Health Record usage has already increased following the first phase of the Sharing by Default initiative.

Footer information

At the bottom, the infographic title reads:
“Learning Health System Strategic Advisory Committee – Inaugural Meeting – 21 August 2025.”

Overall, the infographic communicates how coordinated governance, transparency, digital integration, and community trust work together to support a national Learning Health System.