The Sparked Podcast
Episodes
S03 EP 01: Connecting the dots: global digital health standards and Sparked
22 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s digital health standards are gaining global focus as Sparked’s FHIR Accelerator puts interoperability and productivity at the centre o...
S02 EP 01: Beyond the FHIR: Fuelling full interoperability
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1, we introduced Sparked and explored the big-picture challenges of digital health standards in Australia and around the world.Now, in Seaso...
S02 EP 02: Lifelong Spark: From Paeds to Aged Care and Everything In Between
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does Sparked mean for private specialists and patients across every stage of life? From paediatrics to geriatrics, this episode explores how stan...
S02 EP 03: Allied and Aligned: Plugging Allied Health into the Sparked Circuit
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Allied health professionals are critical to patient outcomes—but are they included in the interoperability conversation? This episode dives into the...
S02 EP 04: A seat at the (FHIR) table: Nursing takes the lead
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nurses are the backbone of healthcare, yet digital systems haven’t always worked for them. In this episode, we hear how Sparked is helping the nursi...
S02 EP 05: Preparing aged care for a future on FHIR
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we bring aged care into the digital health ecosystem? Our guests discuss the specific challenges of the sector—from legacy systems to data ga...
S02 EP 06: What’s next for Sparked? Implementation & impact
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two years on—what has Sparked achieved and where to from here? In this forward-looking finale, senior leaders reflect on the program’s success, ho...
S01 EP 01: Why we ignited the Sparked FHIR
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why Sparked, and why now? Brett Sutton kicks off the Sparked podcast with a bang, diving into the world of standards and Sparked’s place in it. He i...
S01 EP 02: Sparking from a global standards movement
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The one and only ‘father of FHIR’, Graham Grieve, lights up Episode 2 of the Sparked podcast. He breaks down what makes FHIR unique amidst the ran...
S01 EP 03: Sparking value for clinicians and healthcare organisations
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores how increasing the adoption of health standards in Australia will improve patient outcomes. Experienced clinicians join Brett to...
S01 EP 04: Setting the industry on FHIR
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sparked is gaining huge momentum in industry and Brett is joined by interoperability experts to find out why. The guests provide an industry perspecti...
S01 EP 05: What makes up Sparked?
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key members of the Sparked community explain what’s involved in being part of the community, why Connectathon events are key to the success of Spark...
S01 EP 06: What’s next to catch FHIR?
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guests from CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre have plenty of ideas. They discuss how FHIR is enabling research and will play a key role in...