Former UnitingCare Queensland executive director and one-time head of the PCEHR review panel Richard Royle has been appointed as start-up adviser to the new Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA).

The agency is due to begin operations on July 1, taking over the role of the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) – which will be dissolved – but also responsibility for the development and operation of the My Health Record, among other eHealth initiatives. The Department of Health will maintain an eHealth policy development role.