eHealth
This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of information relating to eHealth.
eHealth is the electronic management of health information to deliver safer, more efficient, better quality healthcare.
The Australian Government is committed to eHealth and is facilitating the transition of paper-based clinical record keeping to electronic means for better information exchange.
Information on the Government's policies, programs and priorities for eHealth will be added to this web page as it becomes available.
Related Links
AHIC Communique March 2008eHealth Future Directions Briefing Paper
Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
National EHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA)
AHIC Communique 2008 (PDF 22 KB)
Program/Initiatives
- Australian General Practice Training Program
- General Practice After Hours Program
- Primary Health Strategy
- Dental services under Medicare
- GP Super Clinics National Program Guide
Publications
- Hanging from a String in the Wind: Development of a National Framework for Mentoring for Nurses in General Practice
- Evaluation of the 2001 Nursing in General Practice Initiative
- Guidelines for the Divisions Network Nursing in General Practice Program
- Summary of Outcomes of the National Workshop on practice nursing in Australian General Practice
- Mentoring Fact Sheets for Nursing in General Practice
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