Edition 3

My Health Record in Practice - don’t miss next week’s webinar

The third webinar in AHPA's Digital Health Education Series focuses on My Health Record – what it contains, how to access it through conformant software or the National Provider Portal, and what the Sharing by Default initiative means for your practice.

Presenters include the Commonwealth Chief Allied Health Officer Anita Hobson-Powell and specialists from the Australian Digital Health Agency. You'll also hear from allied health professionals already using My Health Record in everyday practice.

Free to attend. Particularly relevant for private practices connecting to national digital health systems for the first time.

Wednesday 6 May 2026
5–6pm AEST
Online via Teams

Your Allied Health Digital Hub, refreshed and ready

Is your practice safe from Cyber attack?

Digital health tools are becoming part of everyday practice. From My Health Record to secure messaging and connected clinical systems, these tools can improve coordination, efficiency and patient care.

But before connecting to digital health services, every healthcare provider needs strong cyber security foundations.

Strong cyber security supports:

• Safe connection to national digital health products

• Protects your client’s sensitive health information

• Protects your practice from cyber attacks.

AHPA has curated cyber security resources to help allied health professionals understand cyber risks and strengthen the security of their practice systems.

Are you speaking the same language as the rest of the health system?

Terminology data standards create a shared clinical language so care teams and digital systems can exchange information reliably, without the manual workarounds.

Australia's national standard is being built right now through CSIRO's Sparked program and allied health professionals are underrepresented in the process.

You don't need a digital health background to have a say. Clinical perspectives are exactly what's needed to make sure the data allied health professionals generate is included in national standards.

Read AHPA's Terminology Data Standards resource to understand what's happening, why it matters for your practice and how to get involved.

📍 In Brisbane? Join the Sparked community in person.

CSIRO's Sparked is hosting Community Co-Design Workshops on 27–28 May 2026 in Brisbane – a rare opportunity to contribute directly to the development of national clinical data standards.

• Day 1 focuses on Clinical Design Group workshops, including Encounter Record requirements and a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan demonstration

• Day 2 digs into the technical side: AU Core FHIR and Encounter Record requirements

Keep track of upcoming digital health events

Did you know the Digital Hub includes an events calendar for digital events relevant to allied health professionals?

Don’t miss events like the upcoming Digital Health Festival in Melbourne from 20–21 May. AHPA CEO Bronwyn Morris-Donovan and Digital Health Lead Jackie O’Connor will both be appearing on panels, alongside 400+ leaders, senior clinicians and tech experts from primary and allied health, hospitals, pharma, biotech & medtech, government and aged care.