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A healthcare organisation participating in the My Health Record system is required to have policies in place that ensure the system is used safely and responsibly.
This set of policy templates will help psychology practices prepare appropriate digital health policies and ensure their compliance with My Health Record requirements.
AHPA has created this toolkit to help psychologists understand and interact with digital health platforms such as My Health Record and secure messaging. This is part of AHPA’s ongoing work to support allied health professions to engage with digital health.
This toolkit is created with psychologists in mind but its contents may also be relevant to other professions.
A healthcare organisation participating in the My Health Record system is required to have policies in place that ensure the system is used safely and responsibly.
This set of policy templates will help physiotherapy practices prepare appropriate digital health policies and ensure their compliance with My Health Record requirements.
AHPA has created this toolkit to help physiotherapists understand and interact with digital health platforms such as My Health Record and secure messaging. This is part of AHPA’s ongoing work to support allied health professions to engage with digital health.
This toolkit is created with physiotherapists in mind but its contents are likely to be relevant to other musculoskeletal professions.
The Australian Digital Health Agency has developed new information sheets and online guidance to support allied health practitioners seeking to find out more about My Health Record. Visit the dedicated allied health section of the My Health Record website for videos and other resources.
palliAGED is an online resource for health and allied health professionals to easily find evidence and practice tips to support older Australians at the end of their life and their families and carers. The Practice Centre provides links to, and information about, evidence-based tools and resources that you can use in practice. The Evidence Centre provides the best-available information to help answer clinical questions.
CareSearch is an online resource providing information and tools for health professionals and the public related to palliative care. CareSearch provides dedicated sections for allied health practitioners, and includes eLearning resources, resources for how evidence can inform practice, and resources for people in your care.
In December 2018, four Allied Health National Best Practice Allied Health Minimum Data Sets were included in METeOR, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s repository for national metadata standards for the health, community services and housing assistance sectors. This represent a huge step in ensuring that that allied health data standards are recognised at a National level and utilised for important funding work such as that undertaken by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
These data sets have been further developed by an allied health e-health collaborative and based on the Allied Health Minimum Dataset and Health Activity Hierarchy (HAH) 2001.
Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) is pleased to present the Introduction to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for Allied Health Professionals course. This course has been developed by AHPA and its member associations to provide an introduction to the Scheme for allied health professionals who may be considering providing NDIS services. More information about the training is available by clicking here.
AHPA congratulates Assoc Prof Ruth Stewart (@RaatusRuth) on her appointment as National Rural Health Commissioner.… twitter.com/i/web/status/12788…
