The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has highlighted digital health technologies as one of its five pillars to build a sustainable health system of the future in its pre-election statement, calling on the next government to invest in data and technology to consolidate the gains from COVID-19 reforms such as telehealth and ePrescribing.

The AMA’s five pillars are general practice, public hospitals, private health, a health system for all and a health system for the future. Building a health system for the future, the AMA says, will require the embrace of new technology and innovation.