It was a big week this week for the announcement of new digital health projects and updates on existing ones, and it got us to thinking about whether we can adequately measure the success or otherwise of this troublesome endeavour that is digital health.

A case in point was one of our top stories this week, in which Stephen Duckett from the Eastern Melbourne PHN called for the fax to be axed by 2025. (And we'd urge caution on the use of this saying, considering the UK's problems with it.) The PHN has set itself a target of helping to get rid of faxed referrals to local hospitals in five years' time, and is helping by supporting an eReferral project in its catchment area, which has seen more than 60 per cent of eligible general practices start using smart forms technology from vendors HealthLink and BPAC Informatics.