The summer season for eHealth and health IT kicked off with a tip that the membership of a committee charged with paving the way for the creation of a new digital health agency was set to be announced. The establishment of an Australian Commission for eHealth (ACeH) was a recommendation by the Royle review into the PCEHR and the suggestion was supported warmly by the government.

A week later we received a list containing what turned out to be close to the full committee make-up from well-placed sources, and while the minister's office stayed shtum, we published the names of five of them. Those tips turned out to be spot on and the government announced the full list for the grandly named Implementation Taskforce Steering Committee three days later.