eHealth PIP
Eligibility
- be registered with Medicare to participate in the PIP;
- have a secure messaging capability, which is provided by an eligible supplier (by 31 July 2009);
- have (or have applied for) a location/site Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate for the practice and each practice branch, and ensure that each medical practitioner working at the practice has (or has applied for) an individual PKI certificate; (by 30 April 2009) and
- provide practitioners from the practice with access to a range of key electronic clinical resources (by 30 April 2009).
Info
- Fact sheet - eHealth Guidelines (Dept of Health & Ageing, March 2009)
- FAQs (Dept of Health & Ageing, March 2009)
- PIP Enquiry Line - free call 1800 222 032
- For information about PIP eligibility see the Department of Health & Ageing website or Medicare Australia website.
How to apply
Our team are more than happy to take you through the application process for the eHealth incentive or help with particular parts of the eligibility criteria such as provide secure messaging and help you with Public Key Infrastructure applications - just contact us. However, if you want to apply yourself, download our step-by-step guide and use our list of electronic clinical resources.
Electronic Clinical Resources
Practices must provide all medical practitioners with access to the current editions of a range of key electronic clinical resources to improve the quality of prescribing, support quality care, and enhance health outcomes. For requirements see the eHealth Guidelines, Dept of Health & Ageing, March 2009. The list below includes sites listed by Medicare (indicated with ♦) plus other sites we believe meet the criteria. Click here for instructions on how to save these links to your desktop or hard drive.
HCN is also advising that they are 'confident that Medical Director 3 (MD3) subscribers comply to point 3 (the resources) through MDReference.'
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Evidence based guidelines (at least 1 site to be provided) |
Independent medicines guide /information (at least 1 site to be provided) |
Preventive health guides, evidence based (at least 1 site to be provided) |
+ At least 3 of the following: |
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Journals:
Clinical resources:
Regulatory resources: |
Saving links to desktop/PC
1. Right click on the web link you want.
2. Select 'Save Target As'.
3. Navigate to place where you want to save the link (your desktop, hard drive or network folder).
4. Select 'Save'.
Last updated: 23 April 2009