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28 April 2025

HealthPathways Melbourne seeks GPs and pharmacists to review its content

HealthPathways Melbourne (HPM) is a trusted source of clinical and referral information for primary health care providers. Expert external critiques are essential for maintaining the…
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28 April 2025

Are you prepared for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program release?

The National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) is set to roll out in July 2025 – is your team across what it means for general…
Events

28 April 2025

Heart Week 2025 – Start the conversation about heart health

This Heart Health Week (5 – 11 May 2025), it’s time to put heart health in the spotlight. Start a conversation with your patients about…
General practice

28 April 2025

Do you need help navigating patient data searches in POLAR?

Explore the new & improved POLAR walkthrough guides – now available on the EMPHN website. These step-by-step guides are designed to help you navigate both…
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Primary care

05 April 2024

Have you heard about Provider Connect Australia (PCA)?

Provider Connect Australia™ (also known as PCATM) is a free initiative of the Australian Digital Health Agency. Provider Connect AustraliaTM is a single place to update…
General practice

04 April 2024

New criteria to reduce wait times for eligible patients requiring colonoscopy or gastroscopy in Victorian public hospitals

New ‘companion’ statewide referral criteria for category one patients with specific indications that require colonoscopy or gastroscopy come into effect from 1 February 2024. The…
General practice

04 April 2024

Seeking primary care insight into the Department of Health and Aged Care review of after-hours primary care policies and programs. 

In late 2023 the Department of Health and Aged Care commenced a review of after-hours primary care policies and programs. The After-Hours Review builds on…
Aged and palliative care

03 April 2024

Grant opportunity to support proactive uptake of vaccinations for vulnerable populations for pharmacies

We would like to invite you to apply for a grant opportunity available to vaccinating community pharmacies in the Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN)…
Primary care

01 April 2024

Expression of Interest – Enabling EDIE Workshop now open

This immersive, in-person, workshop enables participants to see the world through the eyes of a person living with dementia utilising high quality virtual reality technology.…
Primary care

27 March 2024

Tender opportunity to support proactive uptake of vaccinations for vulnerable populations for GPs

We would like to invite you to apply for an open tender opportunity available to general practices in the Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN)…
Primary care

18 March 2024

Practitioner spotlight: Dr Vidya Prabhu

With more than 14 years’ experience as a General Practitioner, Dr Vidya Prahbu enjoys family and general medicine, along with women’s health. In the women’s…
Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain

04 March 2024

Endometriosis Awareness Month

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness of this disease that affects 1 in 9 Australian women, and many others who are transgender…
Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain

04 March 2024

Primary health networks welcome audit

The Victorian and Tasmanian Primary Health Network Alliance (VTPHNA) welcomes the Australian National Audit Office’s report into the effectiveness of the Australian Government Department of…
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