In late news this week we hear that the Australian Digital Health Agency hopes to approach the market in the next few weeks through a request for information (RFI) process about the potential to “re-platform” the national digital health infrastructure, including the My Health Record.

This move has been mooted for a few years now and was confirmed by ADHA's CIO Ronan O'Connor in a chat with Pulse+IT last year. The MyHR has been built on a clinical document architecture that while novel in 2011 – and ADHA says is still fit for purpose now – is quickly being overtaken by newer, shinier technologies.