Join national leaders and clinicians to explore why digital health is becoming the new baseline for allied health practice.
Digital health is no longer a future consideration. It is increasingly embedded in how care is delivered, coordinated and reimbursed across Australia’s health system. For allied health professionals, connecting with national digital health products is becoming essential to maintaining quality, efficiency and visibility within an evolving care landscape
Who should attend:
Allied health professionals
Owners and practice managers of allied health service delivery organisations – particularly private practices
Date: Wednesday 4 March 2026
Time: 5:00–6:00pm AEDT
Free registration
What you’ll learn:
Why engaging with national digital tools is important for consumers, allied health practitioners, organisations and society more generally.
Why its important to start connecting with and using digital health tools now.
How AHPA, the Australian Digital Health Agency and your professional peak body are collaborating to deliver fit for purpose digital health education to you.
Where to access reliable, detailed education material.
Learning objectives
At the completion of this webinar participants should be able to:
Identify national digital tools available for connection
Know the AHPA Digital Health Hub is the trusted place for collating quality digital health education and resources to help improve their digital maturity
Understand why engaging with national digital tools is important for consumers, practitioners, organisations and society more generally.
Presenters
Why connection and use of digital health products is essential now for allied health professionals.
Anita Hobson-Powell
Commonwealth Chief Allied Health Officer
Anita Hobson-Powell is the Australian Government’s Chief Allied Health Officer. Anita is trained as an exercise physiologist. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement, Master of Science and Master of Business.
Anita’s career has been dedicated to excellence across health, sport, and wellness domains. She spent almost 18 years working in associations, advocating for recognition and access to allied health professions and establishing the quality assurances of self-regulation health professions.
Digital Tools in Allied Health: Benefits, Challenges and What’s Needed in Practice
Chen Li
Accredited Hand Therapist
Chen Li is an Accredited Hand Therapist (Australian Hand Therapy Association) with a decade of experience in hand and upper limb rehabilitation. As a sole trader and principal clinician in Sydney, she uses integrated digital health systems in her practice to deliver efficient patient-centred care and streamline referral pathways.
Overview of AHPA’s digital health program
Bronwyn Morris-Donovan
Chief Executive Officer, Allied Health Professions Australia
Bronwyn is a primary health sector advocate with expertise in policy and advocacy, health sector strategy and service innovation. She has a clinical background in podiatry and brings to the role a deep connection to allied health and primary health care. Bronwyn has experience across several Australian health peaks including the RACGP, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses, Australian Podiatry Association and the Mental Health Professionals’ Network.
Where to Start: Resources and Practical Next Steps
Jackie O’Connor
Digital Health Lead, Allied Health Professions Australia
Jackie is a Prosthetist Orthotist by clinical professional background with a Master’s in Health Service Management who found her way into policy and advocacy due to a passion for wanting to address practice problems at a systems level. Jackie believes solutions to many system challenges lie within digital initiatives and is therefore determined to provide the allied health sector with the opportunity to easily engage with fit for purpose digital solutions.
Resources
Access the full slide deck from the webinar here.