National Authentication Services for Health (NASH)

The National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate is issued by the Department of Human Services and is used to securely access and share information using national digital health systems, such as My Health Record, electronic prescribing and secure messaging.

NASH is used by healthcare provider organisations and supporting organisations to:

• Authenticate and securely access digital health services (Electronic Prescribing, My Health Record, Secure Messaging and Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service).
• Digitally sign documents and other transactions.
• Encrypt health information for secure exchange.

To maintain access to digital health tools, organisations need to ensure that their NASH PKI certificate is renewed and installed into their clinical and billing software. Visit the NASH website