Practice Connect Newsletter

• PIP QI Reminder
• Update: Distribution Priority Areas
• Updated testing criteria
• Voluntary Assisted Dying Act update
• Perth GPs launch support video
• Update: GP Urgent Care
• National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator now available
• National Immunisation Program changes 1 July: what you need to know
• Enhancing data quality of vaccination encounter records: tips and tricks
• Initial Assessment and Referral Project
• WA Sexual Health & Blood-borne Virus Program: New contact tracing video
• RACGP: Unlock your practice potential with the Practice Experience Program
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

• Why general practices need nurses more than ever
• Update: GP Urgent Care
• Healthdirect Video Call update
• COVID-19 QI Prompt
• Update on electronic prescribing
• NIP changes from 1 July 2020
• National Cervical Screening update
• Enhancing vaccine data quality
• Respiratory Clinics update
• TSANZ Spirometry update release
• Release of the July 2020 MBS File
• Update: VPE Initiative
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• PBS Changes to Opioid Prescribing
• Community advice on the use of masks
• When to wear PPE
• Allocation of surgical masks
• HealthPathways update
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• New healthy lifestyle program for Midwest
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

• Working remotely, but still here for you
• The DETECT Snapshot program
• A message for your online booking page
• New multilingual COVID-19 mobile app: MyAusCOVID-19
• Update: Electronic Prescribing
• BreastScreen WA uploading mammogram results to My Health Record
• APNA Transition to Practice Program
• Pen CS release of Research app in Topbar
• Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
• Safer Baby Bundle initiative
• Allocation of surgical masks
• New Telehealth Items for COVID-19
• Phase 3 of COVID-19 roadmap from 6 June
• HealthPathways update
• Annual updates on DoctorConnect
• COVID-19 Cancer Patient Experience Survey
• RACGP Awards now open
• Correct use of PPE
• Nominations: WAPHA Councils & Committees
• Changes to Genetics Services of WA inward referral process
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

• Six WA GP Respiratory Clinics Operational
• Encouraging your patients to attend the practice
• Immunisation education including free yearly updates
• Serious Shortage Medicine Substitution Notice: Metformin
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot
• General Practice Information Pack
• AIHW primary care nurses report
• WAPHA: General practice EAP program
• Guiding COVID Immunisation Principles
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Good news story: Practices adapt models of care to keep at risk patients safe
• NBN upgrades for telehealth providers
• AMA Medical Products distributing PPE
• All WA public pathology labs now connected to My Health Record
• $48.1M National Mental Health Plan
• New WA Health diabetes resources
• Keep Our Mob Safe campaign
• Adding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status to pathology request
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Baby Steps is coming
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

• See Your GP – Campaign
• Free general practice wellness program
• AHPRA Telehealth guidance
• PIP QI Update
• PenCS Cat Recipes for COVID-19
• PIP & WIP updated Business Continuity Arrangements
• GP Advice: Fluad Quad 2020 Update
• Medicare changes to support the medical workforce
• GP-led respiratory clinic Halls Head
• Child Development Services COVID 19
• RACGP COVIDSafe Fact Sheet
• Latest GP Update on COVID-19 from Deputy Chief Medical Officer
• Nominations: WAPHA Councils and Committees
• Allocation of surgical masks
• What is ePrescribing?
• Digital CRC Telehealth Hub resources
• The Australian Immunisation Handbook mobile application
• Vaccination recommendations for pregnant women
• The Pilbara Health Professionals Network
• COVID-19 Telehealth HealthPathway
• NPS MedicineWise: Good news story
• BreastScreen WA metro resumes
• Diabetes management during COVID-19
• Lung Health Awareness Month
• Webinars and online training

• Allocation of surgical masks
• New changes to temporary COVID-19 MBS items and bulk billing incentives
• 13COVID helpline for your patients
• WIP Practice Stream May 2020 quarterly payment arrangements
• Updated testing criteria for COVID-19
• New rapid COVID-19 test for regional communities
• Supporting practices experiencing shortages of influenza vaccine
• New SKAI influenza resources
• PenCS CAT Recipes for COVID-19
• APNA’s Transition to Practice Program
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Disability Plan
• Asthma WA COVID-19 Fact Sheets
• Supporting mental health during pregnancy
• New resources for phone and video consultations
• NPS MedicineWise: Paediatric asthma
• Managing cervical screening during the COVID-19 pandemic
• MyDESMOND Type 2 diabetes resources
• Does joy in work matter during a pandemic?
• Webinars and online training

• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• New telehealth platform available to all WA general practices
• Update on Practice Incentive Program (PIP) and Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) payments
• PenCS CAT Recipes for COVID-19
• Best Practice and Medical Director Software advice regarding the 2020 influenza vaccines
• Changes to the requirement to bulk bill COVID-19 MBS items
• GP clinics to get free NBN boost for telehealth
• Drive up vaccination clinics – advice for General Practice
• 2020 Government funded influenza vaccines now available for all eligible age groups
• Suite of Comprehensive COVID-19 HealthPathways now available
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• APNA – Telehealth for COVID-19
• BreastScreen WA temporarily closed
• COVID-19: Useful links and resources
• Webinars and online training

• COVID-19: New orders and reorders of surgical masks now distributed by post
• Expansion of telehealth services for COVID-19
• COVID-19: Telehealth soon delivering whole of population model of care
• COVID-19: Telehealth and MBS items update for rural GPs webinar
• New COVID clinics open
• Update: 2020 Influenza Vaccination Program
• Supporting your patients to access influenza vaccinations
• Supporting your patients mental health during COVID-19 through PORTS
• The Advance Project: Better primary health care through team-based initiation of advance care planning and palliative care
• St John of God Raphael Services: Improving access to free counselling for new parents in Perth
• ePrescribing fast tracked to help protect at-risk patients
• COVD-19: Useful links and resources
• My Health Record: online training and resources
• Webinars and online training

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Practice Update
• Who should be tested or COVID-19?
• What should I do if testing for COVID-19 is required?
• What should I do if testing for COVID-19 is required?
• Who doesn't require testing for COVID-19?
• Communicating COVID-19 test results
• Notification of infectious diseases and related conditions
• COVID Clinics
• You can still order and reorder surgical masks
• Change in guidelines for N95 mask allocation and use
• Is your practice prepared for COVID-19?
• Further information
• My Health Record and Coronavirus
• HealthPathways: newly localised pathways
• Clinical update: 2020 seasonal influenza vaccines - early advice for vacccintion providers
• 'Get the Facts' - launch of the 2020 Childhood Immunisation Education Campaign
• How to manage delegations in HPOS
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mask Distribution Update
• Communities of Practice – Engaged Leadership
• Public consultation sought on recommended use of pneumococcal vaccines
• APNA 2020 National Conference Program announced
• My Health Record: Lab Tests Online – Explaining Pathology
• Rural Health West Conference: Practice Management Workshop
• AAPM Practice Manager of the Year
• Cancer Council WA: Cancer symptom campaign for regional WA
• HealthPathways: newly localised pathways
• NPS MedicineWise
• New RACGP Practice Technology & Management resources
• Telemed specialist services: Goldfields
• Department of Human Services: change of name
• Royal Perth Hospital – GP Notify email update
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Primary Care Reform Opportunities Dinner with Walid Jammal
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Coronavirus update
• PIP QI: Important information about submitting data when your practice has an exemption
• GP Urgent Care Update
• Workforce Incentive Program: update
• TADPOLE: Alcohol and drug issues in general practice
• Letter templates for cervical screening and follow-up
• Department of Health: School Based Vaccinations - New Videos for students
• New Digital Health Capability Framework for Nurses and Midwives
• WA Cervical Screening Provider Scholarships April 2019-2020
• Update regarding delegations to access the AIR
• Changes to how new vaccination providers access the AIR site
• Cancer Council: Optimal Care Pathways
• HealthPathways publishes 550 pathways!
• NPS MedicineWise update: Paediatric asthma
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Stay up to date with the latest information
• Mental Health Services for Bushfire Response
• Medicare Benefits Scvhedule: Revised 1 January updates
• Hedland Community of Excellence
• My Health Record: Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging Overview
• Changes to Aged Care Assessment applications
• Health Assessment for people aged 75 years and older
• HealthPathways: recently localised pathways
• Vaccine Updates email system changing 
• 2020 Immunisation Update Study Day: Northam
• NPS MedicineWise update: why not try a Virtual Visit
• Cancer Council WA: Find Cancer Early Information for General Practitioners and Primary Health Nurses
• Veteran Health Checks
• Youth Mental Health Masterclass
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• PIP QI updates and reminders
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: Third round of applications now open
• New RACGP resource: Measles fact sheet and checklist
• The Advance Project
• PBAC recommendation for the listing of multicomponent meningococcal group B vaccine (4CMenB, Bexsero®) 
• My Health Record: Streamlining your Assessment Webinar
• PRODA education for health professionals
• Accreditation tip: Updates for the new year
• Practice resources: back to school
• HealthPathways: recently localised pathways
• NPS MedicineWise: Update
• Cancer Council WA: Short courses and workshops - PaSCE semester 1 2020
• Changes to bulk billing incentives
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Transition to the Workforce Incentive Program
• Workforce Incentive Program: further reading
• PIP QI reminders
• Rural Health West: Professionals Survey
• National Cervical Screening Guidelines updated
• Department of Health: Email system changes to vaccine updates
• MBS Mental Health Services: more information for practitioners
• My Health Record statistics
• BloodSafe eLearning: iron deficiency anaemia resources
• NPS MedicineWise: Practice IV cannulation skills and improve management of patients with iron deficiency or cellulitis
• The Advance Project: Inforamtion sessions
• Hospital Liaison General Practitioner (HLGP): Expressions of Interest
• DRS4DRS: National Website Supports Medical Professionals Health and Wellbeing
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: My Health Record resources
• WA Rural Health Conference: Beyond 2020 - health innovations
• Merry Christmas from the Practice Assist team
• Education and training

• PIP QI Payment Update
• GP Urgent Care: Launch of MEDrefer Handover and Evaluation eForm
• Department of Health: Preliminary Feedback - GP Survey
• HealthPathways: updates on eating disorders
• NPS MedicineWise: Virtual Visits
• Accreditation tip: referral letters
• My Health Record: Practice Nurse Digital Health Training Workbook
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Department of Veterans Affairs: New-look card shows veteran support
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Workforce Incentive Program for rural and remote areas
• Communication materials to promote pertussis vaccination for pregnant women
• Referring my patients to My Aged Care just got easier
• Accreditation tip: using data to improve clinical practice
• National Cancer Screening Register to commence supporting the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in November
• NPS MedicineWise: Virtual Visits
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Conclusion of payments for National Bowel Cancer Screening Program forms
• Heat Health
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Perth Measles Outbreak: Clinician Update
• Measles Outbreak: Could this patient have measles?
• Eating Disorders: Medicare changes and evidence-based treatments
• New Multidisciplinary Foot Ulcer Clinic at Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital
• RACGP: New aged care guide - Silver Book
• Immunisation Handbook Updated
• Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation: New tools for providers and parents with questions
• Wellbeing after Cancer
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Rural and remote health report
• Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: New guidelines for privacy in practice
• Department of Veterans Affairs: Allied health treatment cycle
• Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation: National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week 2019
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

• Perth Measles Alert
• Perth Measles Alert: Communicable Disease Control Directorate
• Perth Measles Alert: Clinic Resources
• APNA Workforce Survey 2019
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: second round of applications now open
• Rural Health West partner education grants and financial support for partners of rural doctors
• HealthPathways: recently localised parthways
• Rural Health West Annual Photography Competition 2019
• National breast implant recall
• WACCPP: Cervical Screening Provider Scholarship Program
• Diabetes Telehealth for country WA 
• Diabetes WA: Baby Steps Pilot Program 
• My Health Record webinars
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• Update: PIP QI & New Data Sharing Agreements
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: second round of applications now open
• New Telehealth MBS items
• NPS MedicineWise update: try a Virtual Visit
• Headspace Joondalup: new drop-in space
• My Health Record webinars
• Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• Update on new data sharing ageements
• PIP IDs reminder
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot launches
• Air access flowchart for general practice nurses and staff
• RACGP General Practice Health of the Nation report
• The Advance Project workshops: new dates announced
• Shortage of Tc99m affects diagnostic imaging capacity
• New MBS items for GPs to address shortage of nuclear medicine scans
• Accreditation tip: practice equipment
• Rural Health West Annual GP Survey 2019 - now open
• ACRRM's Rural Emergency Skills Training course comes to Perth
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• Australian Association of Practice Management Courses
• GPaskthe question - FASD Hub
• Type1Screen - New diabetes screening initiative
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• New agreements for WA practices sharing data
• PIP ID reminder
• Information and data security resources from the RACGP
• Latest Incentives News Update now available
• New RACGP fact sheet: online appointment systems
• MBS Quick Guide for September now available
• Head to Health website
• New immunisation laws: No Jab, No Play
• Better Health Program Term 4 commences
• Accreditation tip: triage
• New RACGP report: physical activity and nutrional counselling
• Chronic pain management project and survey
• Benzathine penicillin now available for doctor's bag
• RACGP webinar: syphilis in WA
• My Health Record update
• Indigenous HealthInfoNet eye health resources
• Webinar: improving outcomes in atopic dermatitis
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• PIP QI update
• Shared servers, PIP QI, and data sharing
• Changes of practice ownership, amalgamation, and relocation
• What information will WAPHA provide to the Department of Health for the PIP QI?
• Reminder - new schedule for automated data extractions for WA general practices
• Recommended schedule for manual extractions
• WA Primary Health Alliance Immunisation and Cancer Screening education
• The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition)
• Consultation: letter templates for cervical screening recall and reminder
• LiveLighter calls for urgent obesity action
• Accreditation tip: patient identification
• Immunisation update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• PIP QI update
• Schedule for automated data extractions for WA general practices
• Recommended schedule for manual extractions
• Medical providers need PRODA to access AIR
• New RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health clinical audits
• Reminder for AHPRA GP registrations renewals
• The Advance Project
• ACRRM Mental Health Skills training
• August MBS Quick Guide
• Accreditation tip: ethical dilemmas
• Looking after your practice team: patient-initiated violence
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• Headspace GP Active Learning Module
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• DHS News for health professionals survey
• Supporting communities during drought - resources
• WA Cancer Plan - consultation
• RHW Workforce and Skills survey
• Hepatitis Australia seeking collaborations for TEST CURE LIVE
• Participants needed for online prostate cancer tool assessment
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• PIP QI update
• Data sharing agreements with WAPHA
• Maintaining updates for PEN CS CAT4
• WA Palliative Care Summit 2019
• New online bowel screening toolkit launched
• Public consultation on diabetes products subsidised under the NDSS
• New immunisation requirements for children
• Accreditation tip: understanding CPR requirements
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• Overweight and obesity: an interactive insight from AIHW
• HealthPathways update
• John Flynn Placement Program is seeking new mentors
• Monash University study: attitudes to older person health assessments
• TGA's review of textured breast implants and preliminary outcomes
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• PIP QI guidance released by the Department of Health
• National Vaccine Storage Guidelines Strive for 5 - new edition released
• South Metropolitan Health Service Outpatient Audit
• RACGP Green book: share your stories of preventive care in practice
• Do you know your Primary Health Liaison?
• New RACGP medication management guide for GPs
• New AIHW report: coordination of health care
• Accreditation tip: continuous and comprehensive care
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Accessing cervical screening information on the NCSR
• WA Healthy Weight Action Plan released for consultation
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and the Hajj
• My Health Record update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• New Health Workforce classification system
• GP resources for Heart Health Checks
• Development of draft Standards for residential aged care facilities
• Vaccine management obligations reminder
• National Cervical Screening Register update
• BreastScreen WA free mammogram service - Kelmscott
• Accreditation tip: Interpreter and other communication services
• MBS claiming for National Cervical Screening Program
• Royal Perth Bentley Group helping to boost influenza vaccination rates
• Measles vaccination catch-up guide for Australian Immunisation Providers
• Immunisation update
• RACGP awards: WA state winners
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Best Practice error message relating to demographic details
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• Preparing for PIP QI with PEN CS
• Shared Debt Recovery Scheme: fact sheet and FAQs
• Type 1 Diabetes Education Event
• Launch of the South West Health Professionals' Network
• Co-design workshops for PIP IHI consultation
• Government funded vaccine for individuals at increased risk of influenza 
• Private market influenza vaccines
• DBTeen mental wellbeing skills group
• Updated Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines
• Accreditation tip: costs associated with care
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• RACGP GP wellbeing survey
• Updated National Pregnancy Care Guidelines
• COPD Flare-up campaign
• Survey: chlamydia management in general practice
• Assessing capacity for patients with a psychological condition
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• New RACGP Telehealth video consultations guide
• Emergency Response Planning Tool subsidised licences
• Heart Health Check MBS item
• CrazySocks4Docs day
• Latest Incentives News Update
• Reminder - collection of information in preparation for PIP QI
• Accreditation tip: relocation or change of ownership
• RACGP eHealth webinar series
• Posters available to promote HIV and hepatitis C video resources
• WA Mental Health Awards 2019
• My Health Record updates
• 2019 Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium
• Rheumatic Heart Disease: a case study
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• Practitioners' responsibility to support public health programs
• AIHW Cancer in Australia and cervical screening report and resources
• Review of PIP IHI
• Collection of information in preparation for PIP QI
• New RACGP social medical guide and template
• 1 July MBS files available
• National Bowel Cancer Screening program
• Accreditation tip: Information about your practice
• Syphilis on the rise in WA
• GPCE Perth
• APNA Transition to Practice program
• ACNP National Conference
• WA Women's Health Conference
• ACRRM Ultrasound course
• Relocation of CAHDS
• The ORIGINS Project
• HealthPathways update
• How to yarn with older Aboriginal people
• My Health Record update
• My Health Record webinars
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

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• Accreditation Tip
• New national 24 hour movement guidelines for 5-17 year old
• HealthPathways Update
• Free diabetes workshops for patient education
• The Advance Project
• NPS Medicinewise Update
• RPH Emergency Department (ED) – My Health Record in ED pilot site
• My Health Record
• Education and training
• Health Promotion
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• Bright Spot – Cuddle Beds
• Measles increase
• Updated measles vaccination in the Australian Immunisation Handbook
• Viral Hepatitis mapping
• $52.2 million to improve women’s health
• PenCS PIP QI
• NPS MedicineWise
• Talk more effectively to families about weight
• My Health Record
• 2019 Commonwealth influenza vaccination resources
• Australian Immunisation Handbook Enhancements
• Are your Vaccines accounted for in AIR
• Defining engaged leadership
• How to deal with difficult patients
• Education and training
• Health Promotions

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In this edition:

• Workforce Incentive Program Update
• PIP Indigenous
• Changes to PBS Online payments over Easter
• Improve your team’s practice in treating older Australians
• The Advance Project
• Professional development Grants for Rural Health
• Cervical Screening Changes
• Post-assessment survey of general practice seeking accreditation
• Accreditation Tip
• Influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy
• New Cancer Symptom Website for Regional People
• My Health Record
• HealthPathways
• Emergency Department Specialists, Supporting General Practitioners
• NPS MedicineWise
• WA Influenza Immunisation Program
• Education and Training
• Health Promotions

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In this edition:

• Incentives News Update
• QI PIP Delayed
• Advance Care Planning
• Medicare Fake texts, emails
• Medicare eLearning
• Raising Children - Patient Resource
• DBTeen: Mental Wellbeing Skills Group
• Accreditation Tip
• My Health Record
• HealthPathways
• Education and Training
• Health Promotions

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In this edition:

• Shared Debt Recovery Scheme
• The Digital Marketing Guide
• Single Touch Payroll
• Cyber Security Grant
• Depression looks different for everybody
• Free Diabetes self-management workshops
• Heart Health Check MBS Item
• RACGP technology survey
• Legislation changes for health professionals
• QI PIP
• Patient Transport Model
• Medical Assistants
• DWS Map change
• Free access to glucose monitoring
• Accreditation Tip
• Australian GPs end Hep C
• Immunisation Update
• Bowel Cancer Screening
• Dementia Resources
• My Health Record Update
• Breathing Fresh Air into COPD
• Education and training

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In this edition:

• AAPM Practice Manager of the year awards
• 200,000 reasons to get active
• Measles Alert for GPs & ED
• Eat Brighter CAmpaign
• International Women's Day
• Have your say on discharge summaries
• Accreditation Tip
• MBS Changes
• Heart Age Calculator
• Advocate for Vaccination
• Childhood Coverage Immunisation Data
• Conversations with Vaccine Hesitant Parents
• Vaccine Wastage Report
• My Health Record Update
• NPS Medicinewise Update
• Education and training

• RACGP Technology Survey
• National CQI Framework for ATSI patients in primary health care
• Online diabetes upskilling for health professionals
• Do you use a PKI certificate to access HPOS?
• Updated PBS education guides
• Accreditation tip – triage
• Medical devices patient implant card and device information leaflet
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations in Australia data
• National cancer screening programs participation data
• Royal Perth Hospital update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• TGA Advertising Reforms
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• RACGP Practice Technology & Community
• Unvaccinated children to be banned in disease outbreaks
• Workforce Incentive Program
• Accreditation Tip: Seeking feedback from your team.
• The Type 1 Family Diabetes Centre
• Update National Cervical Screening Program
• Stop asking the wrong questions about Lung Cancer
• New NCIRS Website
• West Australian Child Development Atlas
• Get the Facts – Phase 3 Child Immunisation
• WA Health begins to upload Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging
• GPs' Readiness to Develop Technical Capabilities for Telehealth Medical Services
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
• Free Exercise Program Recovering from Breast Cancer
• Heart Foundation Health Professional Ambassador 2019
• How to treat Hepatitis C
• Country Women Grant
• ED4GP
• Healthdirect Video Call for free to GPs in drought-affected regions
• Education and training

• Managing emergencies in your practice
• RACGP fact sheet: Responding to online reviews
• DoctorConnect website
• New AIHW report on patient out-of-pocket spending
• Better access to mental health care for your patients this Christmas
• Accreditation tip – patient identifiers
• Essure contraceptive device: current status
• New 1 January MBS file
• WA PrEP prescribers listed online
• Palliative care resources
• Notification of data update - Best Practice
• NCSR holiday hours
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• Education and training

• Updates to the Practice Assist website
• Christmas schedule for Practice Connect
• Changes to the delivery of NASH PKI certificates
• Urgent medicine recall - DILART/DILART HCT
• EOI Hospital Liaison GP Rockingham Peel Group
• Accreditation tip – ethical dilemmas
• GPs and conscientious objections to treatment
• The Advance Project
• Referral periods from GPs to specialists
• New Aged Care Quality Standards
• New training requirement - yellow fever vaccine
• Autism Training project
• Notification of error generation - Best Practice
• Fiona Stanley and PCH update
• RPH update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• RACGP Standards transition period ends
• Have your say on WA outpatient reform
• Improving healh record quality in general practice - a new guide
• RACGP Five steps towards excellent ATSI healthcare
• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Accreditation tip – the spills kit
• Refugee Health Assessment template
• Notification of data updates
• AAPM WA Practice Manager of the Year
• Bentley and RPH updates
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Prescription stationery order forms
• EOI for sexual health training
• Preinatal and Infant Mental Health News
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week
• WA End of Life Choices
• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Accreditation tip – reminder systems
• APNA National Conference
• APNA Nurse Awards
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Asthma News
• Royal Flying Doctor Service fundraiser
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• Happy Birthday Practice Assist!
• Practice Manager networking sessions
• APNA National Conference
• Accreditation tip – providing home visits
• Immunisation update
• Expressions of Interest
• Medicare advice: bulk bill vouchers
• Calling regional carers
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Draft National Strategies for Men’s and Women’s Health
• NPS MedicineWise update
• MBS Online
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

• APNA programs for Nurses
• Western Austalian Primary Health Nurses Facebook group
• Accreditation tip - After hours care arrangements
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Changes to Legislation: Improved Medicare Compliance
• Alternative urgent medical pathways: GP input required
• Australian Cyber Security Centre Advisory: WannaCry
• New resources from the Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre
• Junior Doctors survey
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events

• APNA Nurse Awards
• PIP accreditation reminder letters
• General Practice: Health of the Nation 2018 launched
• Accreditation tip
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• B4BA survey
• Royal Perth Hospital Orthopaedics changes
• Bentley Hospital Maternity Unit news
• Jean Hailes Presentation Library survey
• Asthma and Rhinitis Control Trial
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events coming up

• Practice Assist survey
• AAPM National Conference
• August Incentives News Update
• MBS updates
• Accreditation tip
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Nominate for Regional Clinical Councils across the state
• Australian College of Mental Health Nurses free CPD modules
• Let's Prevent Diabetes WA program in the South West
• Are you currently a member of WAPNA?
• Dementia Awareness Month
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in September

• New RACGP Standards for after-hours and medical deputising services
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Help us plan the perfect nurse network for you in WA
• RPH GP notify now operational
• Have your say on WA Sexual Health and Blood-borneVirus Strategies
• Do you or your practice provide care to patients in the last 12 months of their life?
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in September

• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Digital Health update
• Cervical Screening Scholarships
• RPH GP notify further problems
• Ending of Decision Assist 
• WAPNA membership
• PBS changes for combination therapy 
• Sepsis: Know the signs 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in August 

• Practice Assist update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update 
• Armadale Health Service ED notice 
• National Cervical Screening Program
• Emergency Response Planning Tool 
• The Severe Asthma Toolkit 
• GPs and alcohol use 
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• National Strategic Action Plan for Lung Conditions 
• World First Research for MS
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in August 

• Immunisation update
• Cancer Screening update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• New Paediatric Respiratory clinic at FSH
• Emergency Response Planning Tool
• General Practitioners Survey: Youth in Mental Health Care 
• Share your views on dementia prevention
• Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Australia 
• Making Choices, Finding Solution guide 
• National Indiegnous Bowel Screening Pilot 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in July

• Immunisation update
• RPH GP Notify update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• New MBS rebate structure
• National Cancer Screening update
• Emergency Response Planning Tool
• RACGP Green book - 3rd edition 
• John Flynn Placement Program 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in July

• National Cervical Screening Program update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP and Allied health professional's guide to NDIS
• Bentley Hospital Maternity Services continuation
• Depression and Anxiety care
• Guide to Medicare for Indigenous health services
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in June

• Royal Perth Hospital technical issue
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Orygen research study
• Depression and Anxiety care
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in June

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Digital Health update
• New codeine posters 
• Doubling of spirometry rebate 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update    
• Order your Prescriber bag supplies book now
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

• Practice Assist update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• ORS Psychology Service and Referral form update
• 5 Questions to ask your doctor or health    
• National guide to preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update 
• NPS MedicineWise update
• National Bowel Cancer Screening Program 
• Education and training
• Health promotion events in April

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update 
• New guidelines for care during pregnancy
• Severe euglycaemic ketoacidosis alert 
• Evaluation of end of life care 
• Perinatal mental health 

• New Practice Assist Resources
• Changes to PIP Quality Improvement (QI) 
• Immunisation update 
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise udpate
• Community of practice for consumer engagement survey 
• Improving GP access for vulnerable populations
• Scholarships for WA nurses and midwives
• RPH preference update
• Intravenous iron infusions notice 

• Immunisation update
• Restrictions to after-hours providers advertising
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Notifiable Data Breaches scheme 
• Rural placements medical students
• Find cancer early for GP
• Cultural awareness training
• Evaluation of end of life care in Australia

• Immunisation update
• Cervical Screening update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP shared antenatal care 
• APNA nurse clinic resources 
• Participate in an e-learning intervention for chronic kidney disease
• Submitting medical exemptions for vaccination
• New webinar available 

• Immunisation update
• Bowel Cancer Screening Program update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update

• Accreditation tips
• Medicare Professional Services Review
• Digital Health update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Local Primary Care Nursing Networks
• Human resources manual
• Recalls and Reminders
• WA Country Doctors’ Awards
• 2018 APNA Nurse Awards

• Accreditation tips
• Practice Incentive Program
• Digital Health update
• Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions project
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• 2016 Notifiable Disease Snapshot
• Optimal Cancer Care Pathways
• WA Nurse Ambassador program
• Asthma Handbook update

• Self-collected cervical screening samples
• Communicare changes name
• Implementing the renewed National Cervical Screening Program
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• National Indigenous Bowel Screening Project update
• Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
• Screening and Identifying Chronic Disease in Primary Health Training
• Health Workforce Scholarship Program

• Update in the Medicare Benefits Schedule
• General Practice accreditation resources
• Accreditation tips
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Choose Well campaign
• Rescheduling codeine
• National Indigenous Bowel Screening Project update
• Information Security Guide for small healthcare businesses

• RACGP Standards for General Practices
• Immunisation Update
• HealthPathways Update
• Digital Health Update
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• Expert Health Panel for PFAS

24 October 2017

• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Enrolled nurse survey
• Urgent medicine recall
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• Free interpreting service for GPs and medical specialists
• Medicare Benefits Schedule: Charging for consumables
• World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day - 15 November 2017
• New Medication Management App
• Telehealth survey
• Palliative Care in General Practice evaluation
• Education and Training
• Health Promotion Events in November

10 October 2017

• Introducing Practice Assist
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• WA Child Ear Health Strategy 2017-2021
• Help available for GPs to support drug seeking patients
• Find cancer early - For GPs
• Education and training opportunities
• Health promotion events in October