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Recorded at HIC 2026, Talking HealthTech’s Peter Birch speaks with Peter O’Halloran, Chief Digital Officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency, and Telstra Health’s Dr Monica Trujillo and Farhoud Salimi about the current state and future of interoperability in Australian healthcare.
Recorded at Digital Health Festival 2026, Talking HealthTech’s Peter Birch speaks with Telstra Health’s Dr Monica Trujillo and Farhoud Salimi about what it will take to move beyond fragmented health information towards more connected care.
This episode is part three of a 4-part series by Talking HealthTech in collaboration with Telstra Health and Smile Digital Health called Connected Care: Bridging Gaps in Modern Healthcare.
As healthcare evolves, integrating technology and innovation reshapes how services are delivered. In this episode of Talking HealthTech, Peter Birch discusses with Farhoud Salimi, Chief Technology Officer at Telstra Health; Angie Bass, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer of Velatura Public Benefit Corporation; and James Agnew, Chief Technology Officer at Smile Digital Health about how health data interoperability, policy, AI, and digital advancements contribute to more connected, efficient healthcare systems.
Join Peter Birch as he speaks with Dr Monica Trujillo, Chief Health and Risk Officer at Telstra Health and Dr Janice Tan, Clinical Director at Telstra Health on interoperability in healthcare and the potential of HIEs and digital tools to close care gaps and improve patient outcomes.
This episode of Talking HealthTech explores the evolving landscape of connected care in Australia. It focuses on how interoperability, fuelled by FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), reshapes clinical and patient experiences and what it will take to make these changes stick.
