News & Announcements

Engage with the PHN’s Health-e Together Digital Care Toolbox: Your Insights Matter

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (the PHN) continues its commitment to advancing digital health initiatives to support the primary healthcare workforce. Your insights are crucial in shaping how we communicate the future of digital healthcare delivery, and we believe your perspective will greatly contribute to the success of our efforts.

The PHN is investing $1 million dollars in innovative solutions that harness digital health technology to provide improved models of care within the primary care sector.

We are delighted to share an initiative by the Australian Digital Health Agency that aims to enhance the digital health literacy of health care professionals, both patients and their carers. In an era where technology is transforming the healthcare landscape, healthcare professionals must guide their patients in navigating and utilising digital health tools effectively.

As we step into the new year, there’s an efficient way to update the business details of GPs and other healthcare providers moving in and out of your practice. The free Provider Connect Australia™ (also known as PCA™), an initiative of the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency), provides a single place to update your business information and services, which can automatically update your National Health Service Directory (NHSD) listing and your local Primary Health Network.

Healthdirect Australia is pleased to announce the extension of the healthdirect Video Call COVID- 19 GP Program and the PHN Exemplar Program to 30 June 2024.

PenCS is pleased to announce that its Clinical Audit Tool (CAT) software has new filters and reports that enable general practices and aboriginal member services to efficiently identify patients who may benefit from MyMedicare, a voluntary patient registration model designed for general practices launched in October by the Australian Government.

The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has completed a comprehensive digital health maturity assessment for more than 300 health facilities revealing a higher score of digital maturity across the HNECC region in comparison to other PHN regions.

Are you getting the most out of My Health Record? As more healthcare organisations are connecting and uploading information into the system, finding the key health information you need can sometimes be challenging. This is where the My Health Record views and overviews can help.

SafeScript NSW’s new approval management functionality will mean that prescribers (medical, nurse and dental practitioners) will be able to apply online for approval to prescribe or supply certain Schedule 8 medicines (in some cases, be issued approvals in real time), monitor application progress, view patient approval (previously referred to as an authority) history, have visibility of the number of active approvals held and see all approvals held within their organisations.

Earlier this year, the Australian Government introduced MyMedicare – a voluntary new patient registration system that aims to formalise the relationship between patients, their general practice, general practitioner (GP) and primary care teams.