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Message from the CEO
As the new CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency I am pleased to bring you our October edition of Inside Digital Health.
This is an extraordinary time to be joining the Agency – when Australia’s digital health future is more critical than ever. As the use electronic prescriptions continues to build, now is the time to make sure that you’re prepared. Our latest podcast provides a guide to dispensers on preparing for the uptake of electronic prescriptions in their pharmacies.
We also take this opportunity to celebrate 2020 as International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. I hope you enjoy our video of Acting Chief Medical Officer Prof Paul Kelly acknowledging the efforts of our nurses and midwives during this eventful year.
In our ongoing efforts to mitigate cyber security threats, we provide advice on how to avoid ransomware attacks on your valuable health and business data.
With electronic prescriptions soon to roll out nationally, find out how to get your pharmacy ready with insights from Amanda Seeto (Pharmacy Guild of Australia), along with other leading health professionals. Listen now
Consultation closed on 21 October 2020 which sought stakeholder and community feedback on how to improve the legislation that underpins the My Health Record system. Signings from the consultation will be published here.
In the first video in a new series, Prof Paul Kelly, Acting Chief Medical Officer, acknowledges the efforts of our nurses and midwives, during International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.Watch the video
Following on from the successful rollout across Victoria, electronic prescriptions is now expanding to Sydney's five million residents, including communities from Hornsby Shire and the cities of Campbelltown and Penrith. Read more
Career criminals are opportunistic by nature and hurried implementations of COVID-friendly clinical workflows can create tempting opportunities to attack valuable health and business data if not well secured. Read more
For the first time since July, GPs regained their position as top 2 contributor of documents to the system with a large increase in the number of prescription records being uploaded. Read more
A range of new webinar learning opportunities available on the My Health Record and Developer community events pages. If you’re interested in accredited courses, please check out the online training page.
