The Active Script List - Connected care at its best

In this episode of Let’s Get Literal About Digital Health, we explore how the regional NSW town of Forbes embraces the adoption of Active Script List (ASL) to support safer, more connected medication management. Host Brenton Jones speaks with local GP Dr Richard Draper, pharmacist Sarah Hazell, and…

Provider Connect Australia: supporting information exchange in Australia's healthcare ecosystem

Back in 2025, we sat down with Kieron McGuire, Director Foundation Products - Customer Experience and Products - Digital Solutions at The Australia Digital Health Agency to talk at length about Provider Connect Australia. Provider Connect Australia, or PCA for short, over the last couple of years h…

A journey in culturally informed digital onboarding - iyarn

Co-designing a culturally informed digital onboarding and patient engagement platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with chronic conditions is no small feat. We sit down with Lockie Cooke, CEO of iyarn, to discuss an exciting new initiative that hopes to address the low t…

Cybersecurity essentials for primary care with Prof. Neil Curtis

Primary healthcare businesses and workers are on the frontlines of patient care and cybersecurity threats. With sensitive patient data and critical systems at risks, a single breach can compromise privacy, trust and care. We chat with Professor Neil Curtis - Founder & CEO, Solve Transition, Adjunct…

Embracing digital health practices with Dr Steven Grillett

Dr Steven Grillett was always destined to come back home to Broken Hill. In 2023, with the love and support of his wife and kids, set up his own general practice. Since then, Dr Grillett has embraced the benefits of embedding a digital culture, ensuring he and his team are set up to handle change i…

What's up Doc with secure messaging?

Rohan McKnight, Digital Health Manger at Coordinare South Eastern NSW PHN, joins me on the mic again to talk about secure messaging. Of all the digital health tools, secure messaging in Australia is perhaps the most confusing and frustrating experience for a healthcare professional. Change is on th…

The value and future of eNRMCs

In this episode, we speak with two guests who are at the forefront of the technical evolution and future efficacy of electronic national residential medication charts (eNRMCs). Rohan McKnight, Digital Health Manger at Coordinare South Eastern NSW PHN and Magda Raban, Centre for Health Systems & Saf…

Navigating the Principles of Information Management

In Episode 10, we speak with Gary Smith about the principles of information management for practice management. A new handbook titled 'Principles of Healthcare Practice Management', Gary Smith, and co-author Colleen Sullivan, meticulously explore the intricate landscape of modern healthcare practic…

LUMOS and Putting Data to Work - With Dr Walid Jammal

General practices collect a range of data such as patient diagnoses, medications prescribed, results of pathology tests ordered and even administrative data. Practices are increasingly using clinical information systems and data extraction tools to help tell a story and hopefully identify possible …

Telehealth 2.0 in Aged Care with Delwyn Gates

In this episode, we chat with Delwyn Gates, General Manager of the Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution (RFBI) Dubbo Masonic Village, an aged care home in Dubbo, NSW. In February 2024, they announced the rollout of new telehealth 2.0 technology to improve the quality of virtual care for their r…