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GP & Primary Care Resources
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Latest News
New Discharge Summary Format
A new clinical system called Cerner was introduced at Austin Health in June. This means that there will be a change in the format of the current inpatient discharge summary. However the Emergency Department and Day Surgery Discharge Summaries will remain unchanged.
For more information, visit the Discharge communication page.
How to access patient medical information
GPs can ring Health Information Services on (03) 9496 3107 or visit Departments » Health Information Services » Accessing Information.
Austin Health Medical specialist directory
Links and downloads
- Medical specialist directory - specialty listing (PDF - 103.6 KB)
- Medical specialist directory - alphabetical listing (PDF - 36.0 KB)
Information about Austin Health services
A listing of all Austin Health Departments can be found on the Departments page.
Diabetes education
The Diabetes Education Department - incorporating the HARP (Hospital Admission Risk Program) provides a diabetes education service for patients of Austin Health and their families. For further information, visit the Diabetes Education page.
Educational Events and Forums
For information about educational events and forums, visit the Research & education section of the website.
Location maps, parking and transport information
Useful links
- Victorian Government Health factsheets
- General Practice Links: A GP web portal to Victorian Government information
- Human Services Directory
- North East Valley Division of General Practice
- North Easter Metropolitan Integrated Cancer Service
- North East Primary Care Partnership
- Northern Melbourne Medicare Local
Fact sheets for GPs
Links and downloads
- Community Acquired Pneumonia: Management guidelines for GPs (PDF - 19.4 KB)
- Urinary Catheter Replacement Protocol (PDF - 19.6 KB)
- NEMICS Austin Health Northern Health prostate cancer handout (PDF - 71.9 KB)
- PEG Replacement Protocol (PDF - 69.7 KB)