Meet the Sparked Technical Co-Chairs: Danielle Tavares-Rixon

Meet Danielle Tavares-Rixon – the FHIR Lead for Sparked (CSIRO), and AU Core Technical Design Group Co-Chair.

Danielle is a FHIR powerhouse within the Sparked team, working as the FHIR Lead, she oversees the Sparked Technical Design Groups and works alongside the Clinical Design Group to offer her extensive knowledge and expertise. With a background in healthcare information exchange and a keen interest in working and developing FHIR standards, Danielle is an invaluable member of the Sparked team and the Technical Design Groups!

We asked Danielle some questions about her involvement with the Sparked program, this is what she had to say:

🤔 What is your working background?

Sparked marks the beginning of my second decade working on national healthcare information exchange standards and I came to CSIRO in 2023 from the Australian Digital Health Agency. 

🤔 How did you become involved with Sparked?

I was doing FHIR and Sparked is the place to be to do FHIR.

🤔 What is your role within Sparked?

FHIR Lead for Sparked

🤔 What does Sparked mean to you?

Sparked means community. Not just the community being engaged but the community leading with everyone jumping in and working together.

🤔 What is something that you hope to achieve within the Sparked program?

Still on the theme of community, a goal that is important to me is supporting community capability building that sets us up for sustainable community-driven standards development and adoption.

🤔 How is the Sparked program different to projects you’ve been involved in before?

Community 😉 Bringing government, domain experts, industry, practitioners, provider organisations and peak bodies together on interoperability challenges.

🤔 What’s been your favourite part of working within the Sparked team?

The people – working with an enthusiastic, dedicated team who are committed to progressing digital health. Being part of a standards accelerator allows me to see short term results that I know will lead to long term good.

🤔 What would you tell someone wanting to learn more about the Sparked project?

To learn more about us and how to get involved, visit https://sparked.csiro.au/.

    🤔 What’s your favourite Sparked/FHIR pun?

    I’m more of a sayings person. Public possum not secret squirrel.