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Advance & End of Life Care

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Aged Care Industry Offer Webinar

For the latest information on the Aged Care Industry Offer go to: ​https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/aged-care

The purpose of this webinar, hosted by the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is to provide an overview of the Request for Tender (RFT), to design new or enhanced My Health Record–related functionality in clinical information systems and electronic medications management systems used by residential aged care facilities.

Thursday, 4 November 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Goals of Care v1.0

EP-3024:2020

The Goals of Care clinical document type is used to capture advance care information in alignment with Western Australia’s Goals of Patient Care Summary documents.

Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning enables individuals to make choices about their future medical treatment in the event that they are cognitively impaired or otherwise unable to make their preferences known.

Advance Care Document Custodian

Advance care documents let individuals make choices about their future medical treatment in the event that they are cognitively impaired or otherwise unable to make their preferences known.

Aged Care

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ACTS Briefing Workshop - February 1, 2023

A one-hour briefing workshop to provide an ACTS Project and proposed solution design update and discuss the upcoming ‘review’ process we will be seeking from you for the ACTS draft Conformance profiles.

Please note times are AEDT

Wednesday, 1 February 2023 - 10:00am to 11:00am

Aged Care Transfer Summary (ACTS) Follow-Up Workshop

The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) would like to welcome you to participate in a workshop for the duration of one hour to walk through the Aged Care Transfer Summary (ACTS) proposed Data Element requirements. 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Aged Care Industry Offer Webinar

For the latest information on the Aged Care Industry Offer go to: ​https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/aged-care

The purpose of this webinar, hosted by the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is to provide an overview of the Request for Tender (RFT), to design new or enhanced My Health Record–related functionality in clinical information systems and electronic medications management systems used by residential aged care facilities.

Thursday, 4 November 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Clinical Documents

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Event Summary v1.5

EP-3419:2022

Event Summary documents are used to capture key health information about significant healthcare events that are relevant to the ongoing care of an individual.

Specialist Letter v1.4

EP-3486:2022

Specialist Letter documents are used in replying to a referral or reporting on a health event and contain information related to the event or the requested diagnosis or treatment by a specialist.

Goals of Care v1.0

EP-3024:2020

The Goals of Care clinical document type is used to capture advance care information in alignment with Western Australia’s Goals of Patient Care Summary documents.

Clinical Documents - Health Programs

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Pharmaceutical Benefits Report

The Medicare and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) benefits report records information about pharmaceutical items prescribed and dispensed to an individual that were partially or fully funded under the Pharmaceutical Benefit Schedule (PBS) or Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS)

Medicare DVA Benefits Report

The Medicare and DVA benefits reports records information about Medicare and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) funded services provided to an individual.

Medicare DVA Benefits Report in the Australian context

Australian Organ Donor Register

The Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR) is the national register for people to record their decision about becoming an organ and tissue donor.

Australian Immunisation Register

COVID-19 digital certificates

If you are a consumer looking for how to access you COVID-19 digital certificates refer to these sites: 

Clinical Informatics

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eSignature v1.1

EP-3441:2021

The Agency’s Electronic Signatures Recommendations document explores the legal context for eSignatures on clinical documents, explains key concepts relating to eSignatures, and analyses the clinical and business risks.

My Health Record CIS to NPP - Introduction

Reading 15 minutes, Registration 30 minutes. ​Learning objectives: In this guide, you'll learn, Introduction to CIS to NPP service, CIS to NPP Limitations, Register for CIS-to-NPP implementation, Testing, Vendor conformance process and Go Live requirements

Clinical Terminology

On this page find information on SNOMED® CT-AU, National Clinical Terminology Service and Open Source Software. 

Information Quality Rules v1.6

EP-2895:2019

The Information Quality Rules (IQ Rules) is a tool that helps developers, testers and analysts determine the quality of clinical documents including the conformance of clinical documents to the My Health Record system conformance requirements.

Participation Data Specification

The participation data specification is a foundation document for the suite of data specifications that the Australian Digital Health Agency is developing for the Australian Health Informatics community across a range of health topics.

Clinical Package Validator

The Clinical Package Validator is a tool to automate some of the tests needed to assess conformance of clinical documents and clinical packages with the eHealth Specifications.

Data types in Agency specifications

This document defines the Australian Digital Health Agency’s required data types as a logical level profile that conforms directly to the draft ISO 21090 standard. The detail included in this specification is less than that specified in the ISO document and the technical detail becomes relevant within the scope of this profile, during construction/implementation of Agency information products.

Continuity of Care

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Event Summary v1.5

EP-3419:2022

Event Summary documents are used to capture key health information about significant healthcare events that are relevant to the ongoing care of an individual.

Specialist Letter v1.4

EP-3486:2022

Specialist Letter documents are used in replying to a referral or reporting on a health event and contain information related to the event or the requested diagnosis or treatment by a specialist.

Referral

Referrals in the Australian context

Referrals are communications with the intention of initiating a transfer of responsibility for some aspects of a consumer’s ongoing management from one provider to another across a range of healthcare and human services fields.

Shared Health Summary

The aim of a shared health summary is to provide key pieces of information about an individual’s health status, facilitating care across their entire healthcare domain.

Shared health summary in the Australian context

Discharge Summary

A discharge summary is defined as "A collection of information about events during care by a provider or organisation." [AS4700.6(Int)2007].  It comprises a document produced during a patient's stay in hospital.

Discharge summaries in the Australian context

COVID-19

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Developer Resources

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Health API Gateway transition

The final steps to move from the current Oracle API Gateway to the new Health API Gateway, which facilitates connections to My Health Record, will go into production as a staged process nationwide, beginning 17 November. We anticipate the full rollout will take 2-3 weeks.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

NASH SHA-2 Certificates - Developer Guide

This Developer Guide is for the use of developers whose products connect to the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service, My Health Record, Electronic Prescribing and Secure Messaging with a National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificate.

CIS to Open PDS - Electronic Prescribing Developer Guide

This process defines the steps for prescribing and/or dispensing Clinical Information System (CIS) software developers that connect to an open Prescription Delivery Service (PDS) to declare software conformance with the Agency’s Electronic Prescribing technical framework.

My Health Record CIS to NPP - Introduction

Reading 15 minutes, Registration 30 minutes. ​Learning objectives: In this guide, you'll learn, Introduction to CIS to NPP service, CIS to NPP Limitations, Register for CIS-to-NPP implementation, Testing, Vendor conformance process and Go Live requirements

Introduction to the Healthcare Identifiers Service

In this guide, you will; Understand high level concepts regarding the HI Service, Register as a developer for the HI Service, Request Test Certificates and Test Environment Data, Install the Test Certificates locally and Import Certificates in CIS Software

Introduction - My Health Record B2B Developer Guides

My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Healthcare providers authorised by their healthcare organisation can access My Health Record to view and add patient health information.

Information Quality Rules v1.6

EP-2895:2019

The Information Quality Rules (IQ Rules) is a tool that helps developers, testers and analysts determine the quality of clinical documents including the conformance of clinical documents to the My Health Record system conformance requirements.

My Health Record Integration Toolkit

The My Health Record integration toolkit contains libraries for business-to-business (B2B) connectivity to the My Health Record system. The toolkit provides sample code for all operations, schemas used and sample SOAP request and response messages.

Secure Messaging Integration Toolkit

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth reference platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

Clinical Documents Integration Toolkit

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth Reference Platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

Clinical Package Validator

The Clinical Package Validator is a tool to automate some of the tests needed to assess conformance of clinical documents and clinical packages with the eHealth Specifications.

Diagnostic Services

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Pathology

Australian pathology services are provided by public and private laboratories and provide the foundations on which much of the science of medicine is based.

Pathology in the Australian context

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic imaging services are provided by radiology providers in the public and private sectors.

eHealth Diagnostic Imaging Report View v1.1

EP-2052:2015
eHealth diagnostic imaging reports containing one or more examinations or procedures may be uploaded by the diagnostic imaging provider to an individual's digital health record as a PDF. The eHealth Diagnostic Imaging Report View provides a mechanism to list, group and sort those reports in clinical information systems.

Electronic Prescribing

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Discontinuation of TLS 1.1 access to Verizon certificates-australia websites

NOTE DATE CHANGE: The upgrade will now take place on Saturday 25 June 2022.

Verizon Australia is a third party organisation who manages the issuance of both Medicare and NASH PKI certificates that are used by Healthcare Organisations to undertake electronic business with Services Australia.

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

CIS to Open PDS - Electronic Prescribing Developer Guide

This process defines the steps for prescribing and/or dispensing Clinical Information System (CIS) software developers that connect to an open Prescription Delivery Service (PDS) to declare software conformance with the Agency’s Electronic Prescribing technical framework.

Electronic Prescribing Conformance Process

The following steps will assist software developers who wish to build products that support electronic prescribing. The Agency offers a range of support services including consultative support and scheduled information sessions. If you require any support to understand the Agency’s conformance requirements or other technical specifications please contact [email protected]. 

Electronic Prescribing - State and Territory Legislative Readiness and Technical Requirements v2.3

EP-3285:2020

Each software developer needs to consider the jurisdictions they think their software will operate in and consider the legal obligations for those jurisdictions. Software developers are responsible for contacting their relevant state and territory regulation authorities to attain this information. This document has been developed and is maintained by the Department of Health.

Electronic Prescribing – Frequently Asked Questions

The following Electronic Prescribing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are categorised into the following topics: General, Dispensing and Technical Questions along with a Glossary and links to more information. 

eHealth Prescription Record v1.2.1

EP-2689:2018

eHealth prescription record documents can be used to share information about prescribed medications via the individual’s digital health record. Documents of this type do not represent actual prescriptions, but merely support the sharing of information about medication prescriptions via the individual’s digital health record.

Electronic Transfer of Prescription

Electronic Transfer of Prescription (ETP) involves the creation of an electronic message (alongside a legal paper prescription) which is transmitted to a prescription exchange service (PES).

Healthcare Identifiers Service

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Introduction to the Healthcare Identifiers Service

In this guide, you will; Understand high level concepts regarding the HI Service, Register as a developer for the HI Service, Request Test Certificates and Test Environment Data, Install the Test Certificates locally and Import Certificates in CIS Software

Introduction - My Health Record B2B Developer Guides

My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Healthcare providers authorised by their healthcare organisation can access My Health Record to view and add patient health information.

HI Test and Go Live

All products developed, or updated, to connect with the HI Service are required to undergo testing before production access is granted.

There are two mandatory testing processes that you will need to complete:

Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI)

The Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI) is a national system for uniquely identifying individuals and healthcare providers. HIs help to ensure individuals and providers can have confidence that the correct information is associated with the correct individual at the point of care.

HIPS

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HIPS Mobile v3.0

EP-3652:2022
The HIPS Mobile v3.0 is a mobile web application enabling users to list, download and display CDA™ documents and views from a patient’s My Health Record on their mobile or tablet device.

HIPS v8.3

EP-3598:2022
The HIPS product enables the seamless integration of digital health systems with national digital health infrastructure services, such as the Healthcare Identifiers Service and the My Health Record system.

Medicines Management

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Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML)

The Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) is a new clinical document type supported by the My Health Record system. 

The PSML contains detailed information about medicines the consumer is known to be taking when the list was created.

eHealth Prescription Record v1.2.1

EP-2689:2018

eHealth prescription record documents can be used to share information about prescribed medications via the individual’s digital health record. Documents of this type do not represent actual prescriptions, but merely support the sharing of information about medication prescriptions via the individual’s digital health record.

Electronic Transfer of Prescription

Electronic Transfer of Prescription (ETP) involves the creation of an electronic message (alongside a legal paper prescription) which is transmitted to a prescription exchange service (PES).

Dispense Records

Dispense Records are used to transfer details of a dispense record, in a format suitable for sharing within My Health Record.

Dispense Records in the Australian context

Mobile Applications

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My Health Record Production System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

Assessment framework for mHealth apps

The Australian Digital Health Agency has progressed work on a national mHealth app assessment process to cover the broad range of apps on the market.

Health API Gateway transition

The final steps to move from the current Oracle API Gateway to the new Health API Gateway, which facilitates connections to My Health Record, will go into production as a staged process nationwide, beginning 17 November. We anticipate the full rollout will take 2-3 weeks.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

HIPS Mobile v3.0

EP-3652:2022
The HIPS Mobile v3.0 is a mobile web application enabling users to list, download and display CDA™ documents and views from a patient’s My Health Record on their mobile or tablet device.

Mobile integration with My Health Record

The Australian Digital Health Agency aims to increase adoption of the My Health Record by connecting the My Health Record platform to mobile applications through industry standard APIs. 

Included below is key information about getting started and key forms required to connect to My Health Record Mobile Gateway. Learn more....

FHIR Gateway (Mobile)

The Australian Digital Health Agency aims to increase adoption of the My Health Record by individuals as well as healthcare professionals by connecting the My Health Record platform to mobile healthcare applications (apps) via industry standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

My Health Record

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My Health Record Production System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

My Health Record SVT System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material v1.6

EP-3648:2022
This release of the My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material have been updated to include the newly released the Security Requirements for My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile v1.0 (the profile). The profile boosts cyber security defences for clinical information systems connected to the My Health Record system.

Security Requirements Conformance Profile

A new security requirements conformance profile (the profile) has been released for clinical information systems (CIS) systems connected to My Health Record effective from April 2023.

My Health Record Software Vendor Welcome Pack v20221219

EP-3742:2022

The My Health Record Software Vendor Welcome Pack is a collection of forms and guides to help new software vendors connect to the My Health Record system for the first time. Some of these documents are also used by existing software vendors to connect their updated software to the My Health Record system.

Assessment framework for mHealth apps

The Australian Digital Health Agency has progressed work on a national mHealth app assessment process to cover the broad range of apps on the market.

Health API Gateway transition

The final steps to move from the current Oracle API Gateway to the new Health API Gateway, which facilitates connections to My Health Record, will go into production as a staged process nationwide, beginning 17 November. We anticipate the full rollout will take 2-3 weeks.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Discontinuation of TLS 1.1 access to Verizon certificates-australia websites

NOTE DATE CHANGE: The upgrade will now take place on Saturday 25 June 2022.

Verizon Australia is a third party organisation who manages the issuance of both Medicare and NASH PKI certificates that are used by Healthcare Organisations to undertake electronic business with Services Australia.

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

My Health Record CIS to NPP - Introduction

Reading 15 minutes, Registration 30 minutes. ​Learning objectives: In this guide, you'll learn, Introduction to CIS to NPP service, CIS to NPP Limitations, Register for CIS-to-NPP implementation, Testing, Vendor conformance process and Go Live requirements

PCEHR Architecture v1.35

EP-1001:2011

The high level system architecture is a critical deliverable for the My Health Record system and describes the fundamental organisation of the My Health Record system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and the environment, and the principles governing its design and evolution.

Mobile integration with My Health Record

The Australian Digital Health Agency aims to increase adoption of the My Health Record by connecting the My Health Record platform to mobile applications through industry standard APIs. 

Included below is key information about getting started and key forms required to connect to My Health Record Mobile Gateway. Learn more....

FHIR Gateway (Mobile)

The Australian Digital Health Agency aims to increase adoption of the My Health Record by individuals as well as healthcare professionals by connecting the My Health Record platform to mobile healthcare applications (apps) via industry standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

National Consumer Portal

The National Consumer Portal (NCP) is the front-end for participating individuals to access My Health Record via desktop or mobile devices.

Consumer functions

Access to:

Consumer Provided Information

Consumer provided information is a way for consumers to capture information about their health which they believe will assist when dealing with health care.

Context in digital health

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH)

Notice of changes: Changes are coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service. Make sure your work plan includes: Transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more

My Health Record Integration Toolkit

The My Health Record integration toolkit contains libraries for business-to-business (B2B) connectivity to the My Health Record system. The toolkit provides sample code for all operations, schemas used and sample SOAP request and response messages.

Clinical Documents Integration Toolkit

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth Reference Platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

My Health Record B2B Gateway

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My Health Record Production System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

My Health Record SVT System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material v1.6

EP-3648:2022
This release of the My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material have been updated to include the newly released the Security Requirements for My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile v1.0 (the profile). The profile boosts cyber security defences for clinical information systems connected to the My Health Record system.

Security Requirements Conformance Profile

A new security requirements conformance profile (the profile) has been released for clinical information systems (CIS) systems connected to My Health Record effective from April 2023.

My Health Record Software Vendor Welcome Pack v20221219

EP-3742:2022

The My Health Record Software Vendor Welcome Pack is a collection of forms and guides to help new software vendors connect to the My Health Record system for the first time. Some of these documents are also used by existing software vendors to connect their updated software to the My Health Record system.

Health API Gateway transition

The final steps to move from the current Oracle API Gateway to the new Health API Gateway, which facilitates connections to My Health Record, will go into production as a staged process nationwide, beginning 17 November. We anticipate the full rollout will take 2-3 weeks.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Discontinuation of TLS 1.1 access to Verizon certificates-australia websites

NOTE DATE CHANGE: The upgrade will now take place on Saturday 25 June 2022.

Verizon Australia is a third party organisation who manages the issuance of both Medicare and NASH PKI certificates that are used by Healthcare Organisations to undertake electronic business with Services Australia.

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH)

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NASH SHA-2 Readiness Assessment v1.3

EP-3719:2022

NASH SHA-2 PKI Certificate Readiness Assessment v1.0 PDF This provides detailed guidance for developers on the NASH SHA-2 readiness assessment use cases, technical requirements, testing approach and processes. NASH SHA-2 Readiness Test Specs v1.3 XLS Introduces changes to the test environment endpoints for the Clinical Information Systems, along with the FHIR Gateway interaction model 4 test environment endpoint. It also includes references and links to DH-3518:2021 NASH SHA-2 - CPV Test Certificates v1.1.

Discontinuation of TLS 1.1 access to Verizon certificates-australia websites

NOTE DATE CHANGE: The upgrade will now take place on Saturday 25 June 2022.

Verizon Australia is a third party organisation who manages the issuance of both Medicare and NASH PKI certificates that are used by Healthcare Organisations to undertake electronic business with Services Australia.

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Transition to NASH SHA-2 Certificates - FAQs

The following frequently asked questions relate to the transition to NASH SHA-2 compliant certificates by 13 March 2022. NASH SHA-1 Certificates will no longer be issued after this date.

NASH SHA-2 Certificates - Developer Guide

This Developer Guide is for the use of developers whose products connect to the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service, My Health Record, Electronic Prescribing and Secure Messaging with a National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificate.

Transition to NASH SHA-2 Certificates

Australia’s Digital Health system is rapidly growing and evolving and as part of that evolution, the Agency is working closely with Services Australia, software developers, and healthcare organisations to implement enhancements to the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH). These enhancements will provide enhanced security protection for healthcare information and reduce the need for healthcare organisations to manage multiple certificates. 

Introduction - My Health Record B2B Developer Guides

My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Healthcare providers authorised by their healthcare organisation can access My Health Record to view and add patient health information.

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH)

Notice of changes: Changes are coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service. Make sure your work plan includes: Transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more

Provider Connect Australia (PCA)

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Secure Messaging

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Discontinuation of TLS 1.1 access to Verizon certificates-australia websites

NOTE DATE CHANGE: The upgrade will now take place on Saturday 25 June 2022.

Verizon Australia is a third party organisation who manages the issuance of both Medicare and NASH PKI certificates that are used by Healthcare Organisations to undertake electronic business with Services Australia.

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Provider Connect Australia Webinar (29 June 2021)

Accurate and reliable information about healthcare services is a key foundation to support a digitally connected healthcare system including Secure Messaging.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

eSignature v1.1

EP-3441:2021

The Agency’s Electronic Signatures Recommendations document explores the legal context for eSignatures on clinical documents, explains key concepts relating to eSignatures, and analyses the clinical and business risks.

Secure Messaging v1.1

EP-3365:2021
The Agency’s Secure Messaging product provides software developers with information and tools to assist in the implementation of Secure Message Delivery (SMD) and the Australian Provider Directory Service FHIR Implementation Guide (AU-PD).

Secure Messaging Industry Offer

The Agency is providing developers of clinical information and secure messaging systems with a financial incentive to deliver enhanced functionality in an accelerated timeframe.

Secure Messaging Integration Toolkit

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth reference platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

Clinical Package Validator

The Clinical Package Validator is a tool to automate some of the tests needed to assess conformance of clinical documents and clinical packages with the eHealth Specifications.

Specialists Software

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Specialists Software Industry Offer

Latest: Specialists Software Industry Offer - 2nd Tranche - Industry Briefing - 8 April 2021. Refer Slide Pack, Webinar Recording and Q&A Panel Session. Learn more.

Second tranche for the Specialist Software Industry Offer

The Agency is pleased to announce a second tranche for the Specialist Software Industry Offer, for software developers whose clinical information systems are used by private specialists in Australia to enhance their systems to seamlessly and securely integrate with My Health Record.

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

eHealth Prescription Record v1.2.1

EP-2689:2018

eHealth prescription record documents can be used to share information about prescribed medications via the individual’s digital health record. Documents of this type do not represent actual prescriptions, but merely support the sharing of information about medication prescriptions via the individual’s digital health record.

Specialist Letter

Specialist letters are used in replying to a referral or reporting on a health event. They contain information related to the event or the requested diagnosis or treatment by a specialist.

Event Summary

The aim of an event summary is to add significant health care information to an individual’s electronic health record, at the discretion of the clinician and with the consent of the individual.

Testing & Conformance

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My Health Record SVT System - Notifications

Services Australia advises that there will be a change in the availability of the Online Technical Support (OTS) teams for the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Thursday 26 January 2023.

Friday, 20 January 2023

My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material v1.6

EP-3648:2022
This release of the My Health Record Overviews, Guides and Conformance Material have been updated to include the newly released the Security Requirements for My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile v1.0 (the profile). The profile boosts cyber security defences for clinical information systems connected to the My Health Record system.

Security Requirements Conformance Profile

A new security requirements conformance profile (the profile) has been released for clinical information systems (CIS) systems connected to My Health Record effective from April 2023.

Electronic Prescribing Conformance Process

The following steps will assist software developers who wish to build products that support electronic prescribing. The Agency offers a range of support services including consultative support and scheduled information sessions. If you require any support to understand the Agency’s conformance requirements or other technical specifications please contact [email protected]. 

HI Test and Go Live

All products developed, or updated, to connect with the HI Service are required to undergo testing before production access is granted.

There are two mandatory testing processes that you will need to complete: