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This webinar will expand the knowledge of digital health technologies available to specialist practices, focusing on adopting and using My Health Record and other digital initiatives such as ePrescriptions, eRequests for pathology, and eReferrals. In addition to examining how these digital health tools can improve access to healthcare information, support practice workflow, and enhance patient care, the team will provide information on the foundational requirements for specialist practices to access them.

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Recognise the benefits of My Health Record and what’s in it for your practice and patients

• Identify the privacy and security requirements for accessing My Health Record

• Describe how ePrescriptions, eRequesting of pathology and receiving eReferrals can add value to the practice workflow and benefit patient access to healthcare

• Name the foundational requirements for using Digital Health in practice, including PRODA, HPOS and NASH PKI certificates and where to obtain support for these.

The Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network (the PHN) is a not-for-profit organisation primarily funded by the Australian Government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the primary health care system by commissioning services.

As electronic prescriptions continue to be a valuable component of healthcare delivery across Australia, the Active Script List (ASL) is now a widely available token management solution with over 80,000 patients registered. It can simplify the experience of using electronic prescriptions especially for patients taking multiple medicines, be a useful alternative for script on file customers and help resolve issues around missing tokens. In this webinar, the Agency will be joined by guest speaker, Karalyn J Huxhagen, BPharm FPS AACPA, who will provide insights on integrating ASL into the pharmacy workflow.

The Safer Families Centre is leading The Readiness Program, a national domestic and family violence (DFV) training program for primary care.

As part of The Readiness Program series, Blue Knot Foundation is bringing you the latest in trauma-informed awareness and support for general practitioners and primary care providers to recognise complex trauma and its possible health presentations. The Readiness Program provides a range of learning options to support for primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond and refer domestic and family violence using a trauma and violence informed approach. To find out more visit The Readiness Program

The virtual classrooms are free. However, access is only available to those who work in a General Practice, Community Health or Aboriginal Medical Service. You will need to provide details about your workplace when you enrol.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted workforces around the world and continues to disrupt employment practices across Australia. The need to draft workplace policies relating to COVID-19 vaccinations is a live issue. This webinar is presented by employment and superannuation/insurance lawyers from Maurice Blackburn and will provide a general overview of the state of the law and highlight the key issues around vaccine policies in workplaces, from an employee and employer prospective. Common COVID related questions will be answered such as:

• What are your legal responsiblities as an employer and employee with respect to COVID?

• Can you decline someone who is not double vaccinated service if you are a health professional?

• What do you have to do if you have a COVID postive case in your clinic?

• What do you do about vaccine hesitant staff?

On the eve of World AIDS Day on 1st December, the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has just launched the ‘Us Mob and HIV’ website.