Goal 5 is about strengthening data governance and better coordinating data and analytics investments across the NSW Health system, better leveraging and scaling what we already do well, minimising risks and returning value from data and analytics efforts.
One of the benefits of operating as a federated health system is that NSW Health is able to tailor services and care to local needs and priorities. A wealth of examples exists where local teams have used data and analytics in innovative ways that provide rich insights and address specific level needs. These initiatives have relied on local champions to identify challenges and improvement opportunities and develop solutions. To maximise value, we must better adapt and scale successful local innovations across the NSW Health system.
Strengthening and modernising data governance across the NSW Health system is an important first step to helping people to do the right thing with the data that we are privileged to hold. This is key to ensuring data are handled in more consistent ways, with the right guardrails in place, and that ongoing investment is in the places where we need it.