It is now mandatory for all Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits (RPBS) prescriptions to include information about the active ingredients in medicines.

The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) in collaboration with members of the Digital Health Specialist Toolkit steering group have developed a toolkit for specialists.

The National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) Organisation Certificate Tracker is a simple tool for listing the expiration dates of NASH PKI certificates for healthcare provider organisations.

Electronic prescribing has been rolling out around the country, with a priority focus on the COVID-19 affected areas.

The Approved requirements for electronic prescriptions (version 0.2 – October 2020) certified on 4 November 2020, details the approved way under the provisions of the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (HDPR) for an electronic prescription to be electronically sent by a prescriber and received by a dispenser.

The Commonwealth Government has announced that the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 (the PBS Special Arrangement), to support the COVID-19 pandemic response, has been extended to 31 March 2021.

The Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) Digital Health Team recently visited pharmacies in the Cairns and Hinterland region in preparation for electronic prescribing.

The Northern Queensland PHN Digital Health Team recently hosted an event in Cairns around privacy and security in a healthcare practice.

Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) recently funded a pilot for service providers in North Queensland to trial the use of GoShare. This trial commenced in July 2019 and ceased on the 30 June 2020.