Sparked is a community comprising government, technology vendors, provider organisations, peak bodies, practitioners, and domain experts to accelerate the creation and use of national FHIR standards in health care information exchange.

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Engaging with Sparked means being part of a collaborative, open, and transparent process. The program is structured around co-design and co-development principles, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued.

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Sparked is led by CSIRO’s Australian eHealth Research Centre, in partnership with the Department of Health and Aged Care (DOHAC), the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), and HL7 Australia (HL7AU).

Community coordinator leading the development of the FHIR standards, national data for interoperability & terminology value sets.

Strategic leadership for national healthcare agenda.

Governance of digital health standards focusing on prioritisation to enable increased use, implementation, and development of digital health standards.

Facilitate the adoption of e-health in Australia by promoting effective use of standards and products developed by HL7 International and supporting their enhancement to meet local needs. increased use, implementation and development of digital health standards.


These organisations support the objectives of Sparked and have committed to active participation in the design groups and HL7 AU Connectathons.

We welcome others to register their support by contacting Sparked at FHIR@csiro.au