Standards Australia is on track to release what is thought to be the world's first handbook for digital hospitals, comprising a set of principles and recommendations about what a digital hospital is and how to get there for both new and exisiting facilities.

First proposed by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded Standards Australia $100,000 to develop the handbook in May 2015, the initiative was officially launched in November 2015 under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) and the National Health CIO Forum (NHCIOF).