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Learning from each other
The aim of the program is to use learnings from participating communities to create a toolkit that can be used by other similar communities to improve the health and wellbeing of the people who live there.
Username: CoE
Password: digitalhealth
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Five key focus areas
- Connecting the community’s healthcare providers to My Health Record
- Supporting the expansion and availability of telehealth across all areas of healthcare
- Increasing awareness and use of secure messaging for the exchange of clinical information across different care settings
- Enabling the use of electronic prescriptions in general practices and pharmacies
- Building digital health literacy and participation among healthcare providers, patients and their families
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Participating communities
There are currently three Communities of Excellence.
Emerald in Queensland and Hedland in Western Australia were foundation communities, having been a part of this initiative since 2019. More recently, East Arnhem in the Northern Territory was added.