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A foundation for digitally enabling healthier living is the safe development and use of technology. The practice of digital health safety has emerged from patient harm attributed to failing technologies. The study aimed to investigate how to adopt and implement digital health safety guidelines at scale. Data was collected through an online survey, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, document review, and data mining of artefacts. The findings of this study capture the emerging practice from Australia in a way that offers insights into the problem of practice, patient safety practice, safety culture, and socio-technical factors. The research findings contribute to better understanding of the complexities of balancing digital innovation with patient safety. The four recommendations from the study and the provision of a logic model will support the audience to implement actions toward a safer digital health ecology.

Education is only one step towards being recognised as 'fit' to carry out an operational role in informatics to support health at any level. For many years there has been little real 'brand image'. Although significant bodies like IMIA and the BCS welcome a wide range of professionals, there is still confusion over what the discipline really means and does. In order to become a mature profession in the health domain, particularly in the UK, it is necessary to operate a registration process that recognises both qualification and competency, and the responsibility to keep skills and knowledge contemporary. This paper describes the steps taken to establish a registration and regulatory body to maintain high quality professionalism in operational care delivery, academic and commercial organisations in the health domain. The concepts described have resonance internationally.

In the United Kingdom, over two decades of activity by enthusiasts for nursing informatics appears to have failed to engage the active interest of fellow nurses, midwives, and health visitors. Conferences, journals, and articles in the professional journals have been used. Clinical computing has developed, with the Department of Health in England taking a lead. Changes have occurred in the organization of the health services and in nurse education. One possible model, drawn from general education, is proposed as an explanation and a source for solutions.