AHPA may also occasionally share resources developed by other organisations. The resources available through AHPA are intended to be multidisciplinary in nature and reflect the organisation’s broad focus. If you are seeking resources for a specific profession, please visit the homepage of your professional association. We ask that you do not host or reproduce these resources without express permission from AHPA or the original content developer.
6 May 2019 • Clinical practice
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.
29 April 2019 • Disability
This communique provides information about the Commonwealth Continuity of Support (CoS) Programme. This has been developed to continue support for people aged 65 and over (and Indigenous people aged 50 and over) who are receiving state-managed specialist disability services but are ineligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
10 April 2019 • Other
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.
4 October 2018 • AHPA Resources
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.
12 December 2017 • AHPA Resources
This webinar focuses on how allied health practitioners can benefit from being listed in the National Health Services Directory to improve communication with other health professionals and referrals.
9 October 2017 • Digital health
The Office of the Information Commissioner has developed a range of resources to help health practitioners to understand their privacy obligations under the My Health Record legislation and Privacy Act.
12 September 2017 • AHPA Resources
This is the fourth webinar in AHPA’s 4-part technology series for allied health professionals. The webinar focuses on My Health Record for allied health providers including benefits of using the My Health Record system, how to connect to the system, how to upload event summaries and how to embed use of the system in your practice to improve communication and patient care.
Slides from the presentation are also available for download.
11 September 2017 • Clinical practice
Engaging people in their health is fundamental to developing sustainable and high quality healthcare. This toolkit was developed by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association for use by any allied health practitioner to help them use person-centred care in their practice.
11 September 2017 • AHPA Resources
This software tool, developed in conjunction with TrainIT Medical, has been designed to help you determine your practice’s needs regarding a clinical information system.
The spreadsheet has been developed by AHPA to help allied health practitioners know more about the range of software packages available and which functions they each offer.
The provider contact list, also developed with TrainIT Medical, has been collated to help allied health practitioners quickly find out how to contact various software vendors. The information presented has been supplied by the software vendors.