We are proud to announce the launch of the HealthPathways Technical Integration Advisory Group (TIAG). The purpose of the group is to consider requests and opportunities to integrate HealthPathways with third party systems. Membership comprises seven (7) elected members from the HealthPathways Community and additional members from the HealthPathways Product Development Team.

Canterbury District Health Board won four award categories at the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) awards, including the prestigious Prime Minister's award. Chief executive, David Meates, said it was an honour to receive the awards on behalf of the talented teams of people who work so hard every day for Canterbury people.

On 1 July 2015, South Western Sydney HealthPathways went live with 35 localised pages, including 19 clinical pathways covering conditions such as diabetes, chest pain, heart failure, and children or young person at risk.

Darrell Kilian (IT Manager) and Melissa Taylor (Writing Team Leader) recently demonstrated several new DOT/HealthPathways Integration Features. These features enable regions to publish some DOT information on their HealthPathways website. Registered members are invited to view the demo and fill in a survey.

As part of their recent launch, the Mackay HealthPathways team had an opportunity to showcase HealthPathways on the local TV7 News program.

Based on feedback from this year's conference, the HealthPathways Community will soon launch a special interest group to look specifically at the topic of Technical Integration with the HealthPathways tools and systems.

Facilitated by Mackay HealthPathways GP Clinical Editor, Dr Aaron Kennedy, the forum was attended by 45 participants from primary and secondary care and showcased three specialties - general surgery, sexual health, and mental health.

We would like to congratulate Dr Phil Godden OAM who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this week for his service to medicine and to the community.

In May, Minister for Health, Simon Corbell officially launched the ACT & Southern NSW HealthPathways website with 70 live pathways for general practice.

An enhanced Search function has been introduced to all HealthPathways sites. When users type in a keyword a list of similar words or phrases, found in a range of pathways, is provided.

It's now easier to find help resources, case studies, and reports on the HealthPathways Community website. We recently restructured the Resources section based on specific user needs

From time to time, including outside of normal office hours, an emergency update may need to be added to a HealthPathways home page. Streamliners have established a protocol to ensure updates are made quickly and consistently.

On 13 April 2015, ACT & Southern NSW HealthPathways went live with 58 localised pages

Recently Canterbury District Health Board's CEO, David Meates highlighted the strength of our HealthPathways community, in his weekly update to CDHB staff.

The recent primary care reforms in Australia have affected many of our HealthPathways colleagues in the form of preparing their bids, a period of uncertainty, and now the reality of winding up the old Medicare Locals and creating or joining the new Primary Health Networks.