University of Tasmania, Australia

• a coordination mechanism or contact point for external entities looking for collaborations
• support for individuals and groups undertaking or proposing eHealth research
• a forum for discussion of eHealth research within UTAS, statewide, nationally and internationally
• a means of dissemination of eHealth research within UTAS and the broader community.

Tasmania is recognised as an ideal site for developing, testing and fully implementing innovative health information management and communication technology solutions. Tasmania has some unique properties that make this the perfect research environment for example the population is highly representative of the range of health, ageing and socio-economic dimensions facing contemporary Western societies looking to leverage e-health. From a technology perspective Tasmania will also be the first Australian population with access to high-speed broadband infrastructure and services.

There is a wide range of e-health, health informatics, m-health, health technology and related research occurring at UTAS. Many groups are involved in this research, some collaboratively and some independently. This multi-disciplinarity has been identified as an ideal opportunity for UTAS, individual researchers and research groups to become involved in sharing research and development, and coordination of broader collaborative research.