Inside Digital Health - August 2021

Reduce your healthcare admin burden with Provider Connect Australia

In this article by newsGP, find out how Provider Connect Australia can reduce red tape for healthcare provider organisations and improve the quality of healthcare service information throughout the healthcare ecosystem. Read more

Connecting communities in far north Queensland to better healthcare

To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August), the Agency recognises Gurriny Yealamucka and the Yarrabah community for embracing innovation and the use of technology to deliver better healthcare. Read more

Bush medicine and My Health Record

This video shows the importance of bush medicine in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and health, and how My Health Record can be used to manage that information for the holistic care of patients. Watch the video

Electronic prescriptions making telehealth easier for Australians 

Australians facing COVID-19 social distancing requirements are reminded they can ask their GP for an electronic prescription when getting their prescription medicines. Read more

Stay cyber safe – keep up to date 

In this podcast, keep up to date with the latest cyber threats impacting the healthcare sector, and hear practical security tips to protect your organisation’s critical service delivery and digital information. Listen now

Cancer patients use smartphones to provide feedback on their care experience

Princess Alexandra Hospital and digital health company The Clinician, have successfully completed a pilot project that enabled cancer patients to use their smartphones to provide feedback on the quality of care they received. Read more

How are healthcare providers using My Health Record?

Public hospitals are providing better continuity of care as they have viewed nearly 700K documents which were uploaded by other healthcare providers and uploaded nearly 630K which were viewed by other healthcare providers in the last year. See more

Media releases

Stay up to date with the latest news and information from the Agency. Read more

Training and support

A range of new webinar learning opportunities are available on our events and webinars page. Visit the online training page for CPD accredited courses.

• Clinician Vaccine Integrated Platform (CVIP)
• Electronic Prescriptions for Prescribers
• Electronic Prescriptions for Dispensers
• My Health Record in Pathology

COVID-19

Department of Health
australia.gov.au

Australian Digital Health Agency

digitalhealth.gov.au
myhealthrecord.gov.au