715 Health Check

The 715 Health Check is designed to support the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of First Nations people of all ages. The aim of the 715 Health Check is to help ensure that First Nations people receive primary health care matched to their needs, by encouraging early detection, diagnosis and intervention for common and treatable conditions that cause morbidity and early mortality.

A health assessment should generally be undertaken by the patient's 'usual doctor'. For the purpose of the health assessment, "usual doctor" means the general practitioner, or a general practitioner working in the medical practice, which has provided the majority of primary health care to the patient over the previous twelve months and/or will be providing the majority of care to the patient over the next twelve months.

The Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People is not available to people who are in-patients of a hospital or care recipients in a residential aged care facility.

715 Health Check Resources

• First Nations 715 Health Check poster

• First Nations Health & Wellness Check brochure

• National Guide to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Assessment

• RACGP/NACCHO 715 templates and information

• Instructions - Importing templates into BEST PRACTICE software, and Importing templates into MEDICAL DIRECTOR software

• How to do a high quality health check for First Nations people

• Medicare Learning Module: Health Check (MBS 715)

• Medicare guide: First Nations Health Services

• Medicare descriptor/criteria: Health Check (MBS 715)

• Dept of Health: Health Check (MBS 715)

• Education Guide - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Assessments and follow up services

• Follow up Health Services (MBS item 10987)

• RACGP - High Quality 715 Health Check

Videos

• What is a 715 Health Check?

• Dr Mark Wenitong: The importance of a Health Check and patient engagement

• Education Session: How to Conduct a Quality 715 Health Check - 2 hrs duration, features Hunter Region clinicians Dr Joel Wenitong and Trumaine Rankmore (AHP)