29 June Provider Connect Australia - helping healthcare providers stay connected June 29, 2021 By Miranda Grace Announcement, Department of Health, Digital Health, Digital Health Agency 0 Media release Friday 25 June 2021 Provider Connect Australia - helping healthcare providers stay connected Healthcare provider organisations around the country can now update information about their healthcare services and practitioners in just one place using Provider Connect Australia, eliminating the need to keep multiple directories up-to-date manually. Provider Connect Australia is new technology that maintains the accuracy of healthcare service and practitioner contact details and will be rolled out nationally. It is expected to achieve economic benefits of more than $30 million per year by 2025. When healthcare provider organisations update their contact details in the Provider Connect Australia service, this automatically sends their new details to nominated hospitals, pathology and radiology services, public service directories, secure messaging providers and more. Australian Digital Health Agency CEO Amanda Cattermole said Provider Connect Australia would drive greater interoperability and adoption of secure messaging across the Australian healthcare system and provide benefits to both patients and health professionals. For the full story: Provider Connect Australia - helping healthcare providers stay connected | Australian Digital Health Agency Related Articles My Health Record kits being distributed to Australian healthcare providers The Australian Digital Health Agency is pleased to announce nearly 20,000 My Health Record education kits are being distributed to healthcare providers and Australia Post offices across Australia. The kits will equip providers and Agency partners with information and resources to help them advise all Australians about My Health Record ADHA: Helping healthcare providers to share information Eliminating paper-based messaging in healthcare is a step closer. Better connected healthcare system already showing improved secure transfer of patient information Join us at Australian Healthcare Week We invite you to join the largest healthcare event in Australia for what promises to be an invaluable learning and networking experience. AAPM is proud to support Australian Healthcare Week as an exhibitor. Healthcare providers use of technology surges in the face of COVID-19 Increased use of My Health Record by healthcare providers Comments are closed.