eHealth NSW hosted 10 students from Loreto Normanhurst School for a special event at the Chatswood office on 11 March 2024. These students were winners and finalists of the Digital Health Challenge, presented by eHealth NSW in collaboration with the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) NSW late last year.
Students had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to the eHealth NSW Executive Management Team (EMT), demonstrating their application of digital health solutions.
The challenge, held as part of the Partnering with Schools program, was designed to inspire creative problem-solving among students, while introducing them to new health and digital literacy concepts.
Ideas pitched included a leave support app for staff on maternity leave (inTouch) and a platform that translates resources into multiple languages (ALBUT), with students impressing the EMT with their research and presentation skills.
The winning idea was Digital Health Drive, an internet-enabled van that visits rural areas to support people with internet access so they can learn and navigate digital health solutions.
Tenielle Davies, a teacher at Loreto Normanhurst said the challenge sparked the curiosity of students to further engage with NSW Health resources that many did not know existed.
“Students had the opportunity to use innovative problem solving as well as gain a greater perspective of career opportunities in health,” she said.
During their visit to our office, students had the opportunity to learn more about eHealth NSW, its staff and programs, like Telestoke and the organisation’s role in keeping the health system safe from cyber-attacks.
eHealth NSW has been partnering with the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) NSW for over two years to encourage students to engage with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning and introduce them to a possible future career in digital health.
The Partnering with Schools program provides a platform for eHealth NSW to connect with students, schools and their broader communities to understand their health system needs to inform the planning, design and delivery of digital solutions.
The program is an opportunity to give back to the community. It’s a way for us to share our knowledge of the health system and digital health technologies. This can contribute to building greater health literacy in the community.
The program also showcases how digital technologies can impact individual health and wellbeing as well as health information now and into the future.
If you want to learn more about the program, please email the eHealth NSW Consumer Engagement team.
