Digital Health Training Champion Grants 2024
Last updated May 3, 2024
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) has procured specialised training to enable primary health providers who completed the Digital Health Assessment the opportunity to upskill a staff member, a digital health champion, to better enable implementation and utilisation of digital health options within their service.
The PHN is implementing incentives and support to increase telehealth utilisation by general practice and allied health clinicians as part of the PHN Digital Health Strategy. After undertaking a comprehensive digital health maturity assessment across the primary healthcare sector, the results indicated varying levels of utilisation of telehealth in practice.
The overall aim of these training grants is to improve health outcomes for the community by creating strong digital health foundations that support accessible, equitable, safe, efficient, and sustainable digitally enabled models of care.
Train IT Medical has been funded by the PHN to provide eighty (80) education training places for eligible general practices and allied health providers located within the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) region to enable one (1) employee, the digital health champion, to participate.
Training outcomes will include strategies to implement and improve telehealth and digital health options within the service. Training will be a combination of online and face to face training.
Terms and Conditions
Eligibility – eligible general practices and allied health providers will be those who are working within the Hunter, New England and Central Coast geographical area that the PHN covers AND who have completed the PHN Digital Health Maturity Assessment.
As there are limited places available, only one (1) training grant per eligible general practice business entity or allied health provider will be issued. Practices/providers with multiple sites can nominate one person for training who can then upskill others within the business.
For more information download the Digital Health Training Champion grant program guidelines.
How to apply
The Expression of Interest (EOI) for the 80 Digital Health Champion training places will be managed through the online grants portal, SmartyGrants, on a first in basis to eligible applicants, with a waitlist taken in case any additional positions become available.
Eligible general practices and allied health providers can apply and nominate the employee who will be attending the training.
Applications close on Friday 10th May 2024 at 5.00pm or when the allocation is exhausted but may be extended at the PHN’s discretion.
The training will take place during June 2024 and comprise of 2 mandatory components:
- Six (6) online training modules (approximately 2-3 hours).
- A half day face to face workshop. Location of workshops will be confirmed but are scheduled to be held on the Central Coast, Newcastle, Armidale and Tamworth.
If you have any questions regarding the training, please contact the PHN Grants team on grants@thephn.com.au.