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SUMMARY:Quality Improvement Activity: Indigenous Health and My Health Record Update
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis session is focused on how to implement a quality improvement activity on Indigenous Health. \n\n\n\n\nHow to use the new EMPHN Indigenous Health Report to identify areas for improvement\n\n\n\nThe Indigenous Health Assessment presented by EACH nurses Helene Cripps and Paula Cramer. Including; MBS Billing Patient\, Consent\, Closing the Gap\, Specific Age Group Checks\, Risk Factors and more\n\n\n\nResources available to assist your practice\n\n\n\nAn update on Better Faster Access in My HealthRecord
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/quality-improvement-activity-indigenous-health-and-my-health-record-update/
LOCATION:Online\, Teams
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,General practice
ORGANIZER;CN="EMPHN":MAILTO:events@emphn.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260317T183000
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SUMMARY:When worry doesn’t retire: Anxiety in later life
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome and join an engaging evening at St George’s Hospital Campus of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne to explore evidence-based approaches for supporting the mental health of our ageing population.  \n\n\n\nAnxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition among older adults and are highly prevalent in residential care settings\, often resulting in significant distress and disability. While anxiety is a frequent presentation in general practice\, there are effective treatments available to improve patient outcomes. \n\n\n\nThis seminar provides a comprehensive overview of the presentation and assessment of anxiety disorders in late life\, with a dedicated focus on effective treatment options that are available.  \n\n\n\nParticipants will engage in practical activities to observe and trial psychological strategies that can be immediately implemented in general practice or residential care settings. \n\n\n\nLearning outcomes:  \n\n\n\n\nDemonstrate the ability to apply brief psychological strategies to assist patients presenting with late life anxiety.\n\n\n\nIdentify and describe the way that anxiety may present in older adults.\n\n\n\nDifferentiate between major anxiety disorder diagnoses in late-life patients.\n\n\n\nConsider what treatment options are available for anxiety in older adults.\n\n\n\n\nYou will be prompted to register on Praxhub to attend.
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/when-worry-doesnt-retire-anxiety-in-later-life/
LOCATION:St Georges Hospital Campus\, 283 Cotham Road\, Kew
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,General practice,Health care professional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260318T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260318T120000
DTSTAMP:20260223T044533Z
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SUMMARY:NEMHSCA "Know Your Network" Snapshot Session - Whittlesea and Darebin Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese short\, focused sessions are designed to build understanding\, foster collaboration\, and make it easier for clinicians\, team leaders\, and lived and living experience workers to connect across services and better support consumers with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs. \n\n\n\n🕒 Session Format \n\n\n\n\n15-minute presentation – An overview of the featured service’s purpose\, roles\, access pathways\, and approach to practice.\n\n\n\n15-minute Q&A – Ask questions\, clarify referral processes\, and explore opportunities to collaborate.\n\n\n\nMonthly\, via Teams\n\n\n\nShowcasing a different service each month from the mental health\, AOD\, or related sectors\n\n\n\n\n👥 Who Should Attend? \n\n\n\nWhether you’re a clinician\, team leader\, or lived and living experience worker\, these sessions are designed to help you: \n\n\n\nAsk questions directly to service staff \n\n\n\nNavigate local referral pathways \n\n\n\nUnderstand service roles and eligibility
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/nemhsca-know-your-network-snapshot-session-whittlesea-and-darebin-mental-health-and-wellbeing-locals/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,General practice,Health care professional
ORGANIZER;CN="NEMHSCA":MAILTO:agnieszka.kleparska@holstephealth.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260319T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260319T193000
DTSTAMP:20260301T222941Z
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SUMMARY:Anatomy of a ransomware attack on a medical centre
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by: Jay Carters & Murray White from Data Box Solutions \n\n\n\nAnatomy of a Ransomware Attack on a Medical Centre” is a compelling\, real-world walkthrough of a cyberattack targeting a local GP medical centre. This session guides the audience through each critical stage of the incident\, from the initial phishing email and system lockout to the restoration of services and forensic investigation. \n\n\n\nIncluding a short update on:  \n\n\n\n\nMy Health Record and Better Faster Access
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/anatomy-of-a-ransomware-attack-on-a-medical-centre/
LOCATION:Online\, Teams
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,General practice
ORGANIZER;CN="EMPHN":MAILTO:events@emphn.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260326T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260326T200000
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SUMMARY:Seasonal Respiratory Diseases - Annual Update
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to strengthen provider capability in delivering safe\, confident\, and well documented immunisation care. \n\n\n\nThe session will also include a brief discussion on the latest seasonal influenza vaccines for the upcoming flu season. \n\n\n\nParticipants from primary care and residential age care homes (RACH) will learn how to identify and manage patients with needle phobia\, using supportive communication and behavioural strategies to reduce anxiety. The session will also cover how to prevent\, manage\, and report common vaccine administration errors\, supporting quality and safety in clinical practice. \n\n\n\nAttendees will be guided through checking patient immunisation status on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and uploading vaccine records to both AIR and My Health Record\, ensuring accurate\, reliable documentation. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\n\n\nGeorgina Lewis is a Registered Nurse with a background in paediatric nursing at the Royal Children’s Hospital\, Melbourne. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Nursing\, Paediatrics and has been an accredited Nurse Immuniser since 2005. Georgina has been working with Victoria’s vaccine safety service\, SAEFVIC since 2007 and currently holds the position of Clinical Manager. She also works as a casual Nurse Immuniser with a local council. Her special interests include vaccine safety\, surveillance\, education and immunisation research. \n\n\n\nMichelle Ryan is a Clinical Nurse Coordinator in the Immunisation Clinic at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (RCH)\, with extensive paediatric experience across immunisation\, cardiac\, and renal nursing. She has delivered the National Immunisation Program in secondary schools across Melbourne’s eastern region for the past six years and also works in a private travel clinic providing specialised paediatric travel vaccines. \n\n\n\nMichelle spent 13 years on the cardiac and renal ward at RCH before joining the Immunisation Clinic in 2021. Her work caring for children with complex and chronic conditions has shaped her strong focus on protecting vulnerable populations through vaccination. \n\n\n\nHer professional interests include special‑risk immunisation\, improving access for immigrant and refugee families\, RSV prevention in neonates\, and supporting children with needle phobia. In 2025\, Michelle coordinated the RSV immunisation program at RCH and continues to lead the program in 2026. \n\n\n\nSarah Crowe Previously a Practice Manager working in general practice and allied health\, Sarah worked for the Eastern Melbourne PHN in the GP Redesign team and practice support team\, looking at how they can improve and strengthen general practice workflows. Sarah now works at the Western Vic PHN where she originally led the Remote Patient Monitoring Program and has since taken on the role of Digital Health Manager\, writing a Digital Health Strategy for western Victoria\, and supporting primary care to engage with digital health solutions in a meaningful way.   \n\n\n\nLearning outcomes:\n\n\n\n\nExplain the latest 2026 Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) flu vaccine recommendations\n\n\n\nDescribe how to identify and manage patients with needle phobia\n\n\n\nDescribe how to prevent\, manage and report common vaccine errors\n\n\n\nExplain how to check patient immunisation status on Australian Immunisation Register\n\n\n\nExplain how to upload vaccines to Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and My Health Record\n\n\n\n\nThis session is hosted by North Western Melbourne PHN in collaboration with Eastern Melbourne PHN\, Gippsland PHN\, Murray PHN\, South Eastern Melbourne PHN\, Tasmania PHN and Western Victoria PHN. \n\n\n\nIn registering for this event\, you acknowledge that attendance and evaluation data will be shared with the participating PHNs for attendance and evaluation purposes.
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/seasonal-respiratory-diseases-annual-update/
LOCATION:Online\, ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Allied health,EMPHN event,External event,General practice,Pharmacy
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