The Australian government’s federal budget was light on new initiatives for digital health, but has maintained annual funding for the Australian Digital Health Agency at previous levels to the tune of $213 million.

$3 million has been set aside to provide data linkages between the My Health Record system and the voluntary patient enrolment scheme being developed by Services Australia, dubbed MyGP. That initiative received $50.7m in last year’s budget for technology systems to support it, but confusion still reigns on exactly when the initiative will go ahead.