Healthcare Identifiers

One of the key foundations for a national approach to e-health will be a standard process across the health sector to accurately identify everybody involved in a healthcare transaction. This includes the person receiving healthcare, the person providing healthcare, and the place where the care is given

In mid 2010, the Healthcare Identifier Service will come into operation with three different types of healthcare identifiers:

•    Individual Healthcare Identifiers (IHIs) will be given to all Australian residents and others seeking healthcare in Australia
•    Healthcare Provider Identifiers – Individual (HPI-Is) will be assigned to healthcare professionals and other health
personnel involved in patient care
•    Healthcare Provider Identifiers – Organisation (HPI-Os) will be assigned to organisations where healthcare is provided.

NEHTA has released the Concept of Operations providing an overview of the proposed HI Service, which is below. If you wish to make a comment,
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Healthcare Identifier Fact Sheets and FAQs

DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Healthcare Identifiers - FAQs for ProvidersFile Icon 08/12/2009 661
File Icon Healthcare Identifiers - FAQs for Individuals File Icon 08/12/2009 638
File Icon IHI Consultaton paper Q&AFile Icon 22/07/2009 1994

Concept of Operations