Table 1.

Building the case for digital maturity assessments

Key questions	Opportunities
A unique opportunity to depart from traditional service arrangements	How are informatics systems designed and who do they serve?
An instrument-driving innovation to organise change	How can localised systems be interoperable with national solutions?
An opportunity to standardise a complex analytical process across care organisations	How to offset the need for patient privacy and information security against the need for clinicians to deliver care?
Defines what good information systems are and directs assessors to the type of data that is required, ie quantitative, qualitative and evidence of processes	How are staff supported and trained to use new information technologies?
This creates a foundation for defining the ‘digital architecture’ of information systems within an organisation	How to encourage innovation while ensuring operational ‘business as usual’?