Resources

Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) and its members regularly develop resources and guidance to help allied health practitioners in their work and to support their ongoing education and professional development.

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.

9 October 2017 • Digital health

Understanding health practitioner privacy obligations for My Health Record use

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.

Visit Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website

12 September 2017 • AHPA Resources

My Health Record for Allied Health Providers

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.

Watch My Health Record for Allied Health Providers webinar Download My Health Record for Allied Health Providers slides (.pdf, 1.80 MB)

11 September 2017 • AHPA Resources

Allied Health Software Selection Assistance Tool

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.

Download Software Selection Assistance Tool (.pdf, 393.00 KB) Download Allied health software spreadsheet (.pdf, 259.10 KB) Download Allied health software provider contact list (.pdf, 275.86 KB)

14 August 2017 • AHPA Resources

Clinical Note-Taking Using Medical Software

This is the third webinar in AHPA’s 4-part technology series for allied health professionals. The webinar focuses on how to record quality clinical notes with medical practice software, including tips and tricks for streamlining note-taking and incorporating a screen effectively into a patient consultation.

Slides from the presentation are also available for download.

Watch Clinical Note-Taking webinar Download Clinical Note-Taking slides (.pdf, 1.10 MB)

14 August 2017 • AHPA Resources

Contacts, Referrals & Secure Messaging for Allied Health Professionals

This is the second webinar in AHPA’s 4-part technology series for allied health professionals. The webinar focuses on how allied health providers can benefit from using practice software for communication with other health professionals.

Slides from the presentation are also available for download.

Watch Contacts, Referrals & Secure Messaging webinar Download Contacts, Referrals & Secure Messaging slides (.pdf, 1.91 MB)

14 August 2017 • AHPA Resources

Medical Software for Allied Health Providers

This is the first webinar in AHPA’s 4-part technology series for allied health professionals. The webinar is designed to help allied health providers understand the features and benefits of practice management software, and how to implement or increase use of this type of software.

Slides from the presentation are also available for download.

Watch Medical Software for Allied Health Providers webinar Download Medical Software for Allied Health Providers slides (.pdf, 1.22 MB)