Join national leaders and clinicians for a practical and informative session that will give allied health professionals a clear understanding of how to access and use My Health Record (MHR) via conformant software and the National Provider Portal and the benefits doing so can provide.
Why this matters for allied health
MHR is becoming an increasingly important tool for delivering coordinated, high‑quality care – especially within chronic condition management programs and multidisciplinary teams. Understanding how to use MHR efficiently can help you access and contribute to richer clinical information, streamline communication, and demonstrate the value allied health professionals provide to consumer outcomes.
Participants will learn:
Why using MHR to source and share information is likely safer and more secure than current methods
What information MHR contains and how it can inform clinical practice
The steps required to enable use of MHR in practice
How to identify the available options for connecting to MHR and where to access detailed implementation guidance
How the Sharing by Default initiative is enhancing the value of MHR and may mandate your use of the system.
Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026
Time: 5:00–6:00pm AEST
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
Free registration
Who should attend:
Allied health professionals
Private practice owners
Practice managers
Allied health service delivery organisations
This session is particularly relevant for private practices seeking to connect with national digital health systems for the first time.
Presenters
My Health Record: Overview
Dr Kathy Rainbird PhD
Manager, Education | Australian Digital Health Agency
Dr Kathy Rainbird holds a PhD in Behavioural Science in Relation to Medicine and is a Manager in the Education Team at the Australian Digital Health Agency. Kathy is based in Western Australia and has been working with Aboriginal Medical Services and other healthcare providers, both across WA and nationally, training them in the benefits, features and clinical use of My Health Record and other digital health tools.
Connecting Allied Health to My Health Record
Kay Duignan
Acting Director of Allied Health and Aged Care Programs | Australian Digital Health Agency
Kay Duignan is the current acting Director of Allied Health and Aged Care Program, responsible for driving strategic digital transformation across the allied health sector. She leads national programs that partner with industry bodies and clinical software vendors to uplift Clinical Information Systems and enable integration with platforms such as My Health Record and ePrescribing. Prior to her current role, Kay spent 18 months as the Project Manager for Allied Health Program, where she focused on working with software vendors to uplift their clinical information systems to enable allied health professionals to connect with national digital tools.
Sharing by Default: Impact on My Health Record and allied health professionals
Anita Hobson-Powell
Commonwealth Chief Allied Health Officer
Anita Hobson-Powell is the Australian Government’s Chief Allied Health Officer. Anita is trained as an exercise physiologist. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement, Master of Science and Master of Business.
Anita’s career has been dedicated to excellence across health, sport, and wellness domains. She spent almost 18 years working in associations, advocating for recognition and access to allied health professions and establishing the quality assurances of self-regulation health professions.
Using My Health Record in everyday practice
Hear from allied health professionals using My Health Record in everyday practice.
They'll share how they use it, what motivated them to connect and encourages continued use, and how they navigate any current challenges with its use.
About the AHPA Digital Health Education Webinar Series
The AHPA Digital Health Education Series is part of the AHPA Digital Health Connection Project, a collaboration between AHPA and the Australian Digital Health Agency to encourage and enable connection to key digital health products by allied health professionals.
Webinar 1 examined the broader system changes underway and why digital connection matters now.
Webinar 2 focused on the first practical step: securing and using your HPI-I.
Webinar 3 will explore My Health Record, privacy and cyber security.