Total number of useful website links in all categories: 120
| Organisation: | A seat at the table |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | A program for recruiting training and supporting women who have breast cancer to be consumer representatives. |
| URL: | www.bcna.org.au/cms/details.asp?NewsID=56 |
| Organisation: | ABC Health Matters |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.abc.net.au/health/default.htm |
| Organisation: | Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| URL: | www.accreditation.org.au |
| Organisation: | Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| URL: | www.accreditation.org.au |
| Organisation: | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | This web site provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues. See the WebM&M section for information on health care errors |
| URL: | www.ahcpr.gov/ |
| Organisation: | AIDS Council of NSW (acon) |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | ACON is a health promotion organisation based in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities with a central focus on HIV/AIDS. Branches exist in Sydney, Western Sydney, Illawarra, Northern Rivers, Hunter and Mid North Coast. |
| URL: | www.acon.org.au |
| Organisation: | Auseinet |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| Details: | Australian network for promotion, prevention and Early Intervention for medical health. |
| URL: | www.auseinet.com |
| Organisation: | Australasian Legal Information Institute |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| URL: | www.austlii.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australasian Legal Information Institute |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| URL: | www.austlii.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | The Commission has been funded by the Australian, state and territory governments to develop a national strategic framework and associated work program that will guide its efforts in improving safety and quality across the health care system in Australia. |
| URL: | www.safetyandquality.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| Category: | Safety and Quality |
| Details: | The Commission has been funded by the Australian, state and territory governments to develop a national strategic framework and associated work program that will guide its efforts in improving safety and quality across the health care system in Australia |
| URL: | www.safetyandquality.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| URL: | www.accc.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| URL: | www.accc.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - For Consumers |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/ForConsumers/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Department of Health and Ageing |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd |
| Category: | Safety and Quality |
| Details: | Specialists in accreditation, quality and risk management. |
| URL: | www.agpal.com.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian General Practice Network |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| Details: | Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) is the new name of the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP). It is the peak national body representing Divisions of General Practice. |
| URL: | www.adgp.com.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - Private health insurance for consumers |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Government information on private health insurance rebates, lifetime health cover, overseas student and visitors cover and informed financial consent. |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/private-1 |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - Private health insurance for consumers |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Government information on private health insurance rebates, lifetime health cover, overseas student and visitors cover and informed financial consent. |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/private-1 |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Minister's speeches |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Speech by the Minister for Health and Ageing to the CHF 21st Birthday: Celebrate, Challenge and Change |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/sp-yr08-nr-nrsp081016.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2008&mth=10 |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Minister's speeches |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Speech by the Minister for Health and Ageing to the CHF 21st Birthday: Celebrate, Challenge and Change |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/sp-yr08-nr-nrsp081016.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2008&mth=10 |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Directory |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.agd.com.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Government Information Management Office |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Australia's lead Commonwealth agency for information economy issues |
| URL: | www.noie.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Health Map |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | A state-by-state guide to health resources, statistics and information |
| URL: | www.abc.net.au/health/healthmap/default.htm |
| Organisation: | Australian Health Promotion Association |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| Details: | The Australian Health Promotion Association is the professional association specifically for people involved in the practice, research and study of health promotion. The Health Promotion Association's major objectives include providing opportunities for members' professional development, increasing public and professional awareness of the roles and functions of health promotion practitioners, and contributing to discussion, debate and decision making on health promotion policy and programs. |
| URL: | www.healthpromotion.org.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Health Promotion Association |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | The Australian Health Promotion Association is the professional association specifically for people involved in the practice, research and study of health promotion. The Health Promotion Association's major objectives include providing opportunities for members' professional development, increasing public and professional awareness of the roles and functions of health promotion practitioners, and contributing to discussion, debate and decision making on health promotion policy and programs. |
| URL: | www.healthpromotion.org.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | National agency for health and welfare statistics |
| URL: | www.aihw.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Australian Medical Council |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| Details: | A national standards advisory body for basic medical education |
| URL: | www.amc.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Organ Donor Register |
| Category: | Other Useful Sites |
| Details: | The Australian Organ Donor Register is administered by Medicare Australia on behalf of the Australian Government and provides a way for people to record their consent (or objection) to becoming an organ and/or tissue donor. |
| URL: | www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/yourhealth/our_services/aaodr.htm |
| Organisation: | Australian Practice Nurses Association |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.apna.asn.au/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Prescriber |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | Is an independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics. |
| URL: | www.australianprescriber.com |
| Organisation: | Australian Safety & Effectiveness Register for New Interventions or Procedures ? Surgical (ASERNIP-S) |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.surgeons.org/asernip-s/ |
| Organisation: | Australian Self-Medication Industry |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | The peak body for the non-prescription medicines industry |
| URL: | www.asmi.com.au |
| Organisation: | Better Health Channel |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Black Dog Institute |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | The Black Dog Institute is a clinical, research and educational body dedicated to improving understanding, diagnosis and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder (formerly called manic depression in severe cases). |
| URL: | www.blackdoginstitute.org.au |
| Organisation: | Black Dog Institute |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | The Black Dog Institute is a clinical, research and educational body dedicated to improving understanding, diagnosis and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder (formerly called manic depression in severe cases). |
| URL: | www.blackdoginstitute.org.au |
| Organisation: | Centre for Online Health |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | The Centre for Online Health is a research, teaching, education and service provider within the University of Queensland's Faculty of Health Sciences |
| URL: | www.coh.uq.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Choice Online |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.choice.com.au |
| Organisation: | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Guidelines |
| Category: | Other Useful Sites |
| Details: | Compiled By Craig Ellis, Consumer Representative On The Royal Australasian College Of Physicians' Working Group Into Clinical Practice Guidelines For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... December, 1997 |
| URL: | www.masmith.inspired.net.au/aus_info/gdlines/consumer_perspective1.htm |
| Organisation: | Cochrane Collaboration |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.cochrane.org/ |
| Organisation: | Cochrane Library |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/index.htm |
| Organisation: | Community care and aged support services in your area |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.commcarelink.health.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Community.gov.au |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | This website provides access to online services and information for Australian community organisations, communities and individuals. It links to information and services provided by all levels of government as well as the non-government sector. |
| URL: | www.community.gov.au |
| Organisation: | community.gov.au |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | This website provides access to online services and information for Australian community organisations, communities and individuals. It links to information and services provided by all levels of government as well as the non-government sector. |
| URL: | www.community.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | The peak body for the complementary medicines industry |
| URL: | www.chc.org.au |
| Organisation: | Consumer participation in the Cochrane Collaboration: The Power of Sharing Knowledge |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | A broad ranging paper about the politics of participation and representation, language, professional cultures, participation and electronic ghettos and the consumer involvement in research. |
| URL: | www.cochrane.org/consumers/docs/BastianPowerofSharingKnowledge_1994.pdf |
| Organisation: | Consumers? International |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | The global voice for consumers |
| URL: | www.consumersinternational.org |
| Organisation: | Drs Reference Site |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.drsref.com.au/index.html |
| Organisation: | Epilepsy Association |
| Category: | Safety and Quality |
| Details: | Are a professional organisation committed to enhancing the quality of life for people affected by seizures and to improving community attitudes toward seizure disorders. |
| URL: | www.epilepsy.org.au |
| Organisation: | Epilepsy Association |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Are a professional organisation committed to enhancing the quality of life for people affected by seizures and to improving community attitudes toward seizure disorders. |
| URL: | www.epilepsy.org.au |
| Organisation: | Federation of Ethnic Communities? Councils of Australia |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | Federation of Ethnic Communities? Councils of Australia Community QUM program - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program. |
| URL: | www.fecca.org.au |
| Organisation: | General Practice Computing Group |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | The GPCG is the peak body for general practice computing - providing a strategic and co-operative approach to Australian GP informatics. |
| URL: | www.gpcg.org/ |
| Organisation: | Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| URL: | www.ruralhealth.org.au/hcrra/index.html |
| Organisation: | Health on the Net Foundation |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.hon.ch/ |
| Organisation: | Health Priority Areas |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/pq-ncds |
| Organisation: | Health Workforce Australia |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | This site provides information on: health workforce planning in Australia; the Australian health workforce; and the activities of the various national health workforce advisory committees that report to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) and Australian Health Ministers. |
| URL: | www.healthworkforce.health.nsw.gov.au/amwac/index.html |
| Organisation: | HealthConnect |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | HealthConnect is national strategy, in partnership between the Australian, State and Territory Governments, to encourage and facilitate the adoption of e-health systems. This includes the adoption of common standards by all e-health systems so that health information can be securely exchanged between health care providers. This site also includes links to e-health initiatives in states and territories. |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/healthconnect |
| Organisation: | HealthInsite |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | HealthInsite is a website where consumers can access a range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma. |
| URL: | www.healthinsite.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | HealthInsite |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.healthinsite.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Heart Foundation |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| Details: | As Australia's leading heart health charity, the National Heart Foundation of Australia carries out life-saving work in research, prevention and education to reduce the loss and suffering caused by cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease). |
| URL: | www.heartfoundation.org.au |
| Organisation: | Heart Foundation |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | As Australia's leading heart health charity, the National Heart Foundation of Australia carries out life-saving work in research, prevention and education to reduce the loss and suffering caused by cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease). |
| URL: | www.heartfoundation.org.au |
| Organisation: | Immunise Australia Program |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Provides information on standard childhood Immunisation |
| URL: | www.immunise.health.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Informed Financial Consent: Let?s Talk About Fees |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Australian Medical Association?s informed financial consent campaign |
| URL: | www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/tag/ifc |
| Organisation: | Inside Radiology |
| Category: | Consumer health information |
| Details: | Information about radiology tests and procedures. |
| URL: | http://www.insideradiology.com.au/ |
| Organisation: | Judge: web sites for health |
| Category: | Other Useful Sites |
| Details: | Guidelines for judging quality health websites. |
| URL: | www.judgehealth.org.uk |
| Organisation: | Kings? Fund (UK) |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | An independent health charity which promotes greater empowerment of consumers and services that are more responsive to racial and cultural diversity |
| URL: | www.kingsfund.org.uk |
| Organisation: | Lab Tests Online |
| Category: | Consumer health information |
| Details: | Up-to-date information about laboratory tests and how they are used. |
| URL: | http://www.labtestsonline.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Medical Dictionary |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| URL: | www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp |
| Organisation: | Medical Journal of Australia |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| Details: | Journal of the Australian Medical Association |
| URL: | www.mja.com.au |
| Organisation: | Medical Services Advisory Committee |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.msac.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Medicare Australia |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | The Health Insurance Commission (HIC) is Australia's primary health information management and payment agency. The HIC administers many programs including Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, and the Australian Organ Donor Register |
| URL: | www.medicareaustralia.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Medicines Australia |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | The peak body for the prescription pharmaceutical industry |
| URL: | www.medicinesaustralia.com.au |
| Organisation: | Mental Health and Wellbeing |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.mentalhealth.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.consumer.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | My Dr |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Free access to online selected product information and Consumer Medicine Information. |
| URL: | www.mydr.com.au/ |
| Organisation: | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Is the national peak Aboriginal health body representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services throughout Australia. |
| URL: | www.naccho.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Is the national peak Aboriginal health body representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services throughout Australia. |
| URL: | www.naccho.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | Is the national peak Aboriginal health body representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services throughout Australia. |
| URL: | www.naccho.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Divisions of General Practice |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.gp.org.au/index.html |
| Organisation: | National E-health Transition Authority (NeHTA) |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | NeHTA was established by the Australian and State and Territory governments to progress work on and develop improved ways for electronically collecting and securely exchanging health information. |
| URL: | www.nehta.gov.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 |
| Organisation: | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.nhmrc.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | National Institute of Clinical Studies |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.nicsl.com.au/ |
| Organisation: | National Prescribing Service |
| Category: | Safety and Quality |
| Details: | NPS is an independent Australian organisation supporting the quality use of medicines. |
| URL: | www.nps.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Prescribing Service |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | NPS is an independent Australian organisation supporting the quality use of medicines. |
| URL: | www.nps.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Prescribing Service |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | NPS is an independent Australian organisation supporting the quality use of medicines. |
| URL: | www.nps.org.au |
| Organisation: | National Prescribing Service (NPS) |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| Details: | The National Prescribing Service website section for consumers has a link to the Medimate brochure, information about Consumer Medicines Information (CMI), and information about Medicines Line and the Medicines Talk magazine. |
| URL: | www.nps.org.au/site.php?page=2 |
| Organisation: | National Public Toilet Map |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Identifies locations and opening hours of more than 13,000 public toilets nationally |
| URL: | www.toiletmap.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner ? Your privacy and health |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | This site provides information on how the federal Privacy Act 1988 protects your health information and includes a consumer's guide to privacy and health information as well as answers to frequently asked questions about health information privacy (Health FAQs). |
| URL: | www.privacy.gov.au/privacy_rights/ypah/index.html |
| Organisation: | ourcommunity.com.au |
| Category: | Other Useful Sites |
| Details: | Building stronger communities through stronger community organisations |
| URL: | www.ourcommunity.com.au |
| Organisation: | Ozcare |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Ozcare is a leading not for profit organisation that provides a wide range of community and health services. These services are available to all members of the community in need and are delivered compassionately. |
| URL: | www.ozcare.org.au |
| Organisation: | Parliament of Australia |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.aph.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | Participate in Health |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Formerly the National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health. A comprehensive list of resources on consumer participation and training. |
| URL: | www.participateinhealth.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Participate in Health |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Formerly the National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health. A comprehensive list of resources on consumer participation and training. |
| URL: | www.participateinhealth.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Primary Health Care Research & Information Service |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| URL: | www.phcris.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Principles for the Appointment of Consumer Representatives |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Principles for the Appointment of Consumer Representatives. |
| URL: | www.treasury.gov.au/contentitem.asp?NavId=014&ContentID=994 |
| Organisation: | Principles for the Appointment of Consumer Representatives |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | Principles for the Appointment of Consumer Representatives. |
| URL: | www.treasury.gov.au/contentitem.asp?NavId=014&ContentID=994 |
| Organisation: | Private Health Insurance Ombudsman |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | Information about the role of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman and about how to make a complaint. Useful publications on the website include brochures for consumers and 'State of the Health Funds', the annual comparative report on how well the health funds perform and on the services provided. |
| URL: | www.phio.org.au |
| Organisation: | Private Health Insurance Ombudsman |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| Details: | Information about the role of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman and about how to make a complaint. Useful publications on the website include brochures for consumers and 'State of the Health Funds', the annual comparative report on how well the health funds perform and on the services provided. |
| URL: | www.phio.org.au |
| Organisation: | Private health insurance: Directions for broader health cover products |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | Private Health Insurance Circular 49/06 issued by the Australian Government - includes a directions paper that sets out a framework for health insurers to offer products that cover a broader range of health care services. |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-privatehealth-providers-phicirculars2006-49_06.htm |
| Organisation: | Private health insurance: Directions for broader health cover products |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Private Health Insurance Circular 49/06 issued by the Australian Government - includes a directions paper that sets out a framework for health insurers to offer products that cover a broader range of health care services. |
| URL: | www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-privatehealth-providers-phicirculars2006-49_06.htm |
| Organisation: | PrivateHealth.gov.au |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.privatehealth.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Remuneration Tribunal |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| URL: | www.remtribunal.gov.au/partTimeOffices/currentDetermination/default.asp |
| Organisation: | Research Australia |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| Details: | Research Australia is an alliance between health and medical research. |
| URL: | www.researchaustralia.org/ra.aspx |
| Organisation: | Research Australia |
| Category: | Other Useful Sites |
| Details: | Research Australia is an alliance between health and medical research. |
| URL: | researchaustralia.org/ra.aspx |
| Organisation: | Research Bites |
| Category: | Research and Evidence |
| Details: | These one page factsheets are useful for people wanting to improve their understanding of research basics. |
| URL: | www.phcris.org.au/phcred/resources.php |
| Organisation: | Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.racp.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.ranzcog.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.racgp.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Royal Australian College of Surgeons |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.racs.edu.au/ |
| Organisation: | Royal College of Nursing Australia |
| Category: | Australian Health Professional Sites |
| URL: | www.rcna.org.au |
| Organisation: | Scam Watch |
| Category: | Consumer Health Information |
| Details: | Information on scams, how to avoid them and what to do if caught by a scam. |
| URL: | www.scamwatch.gov.au |
| Organisation: | TGACC Integrity in Healthcare Advertising |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| URL: | www.tgacc.com.au |
| Organisation: | TGACC Integrity in Healthcare Advertising |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| URL: | www.tgacc.com.au |
| Organisation: | The Australian Council on HealthCare Standards |
| Category: | Safety and Quality |
| URL: | www.achs.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | The Australian Government On-line Directory |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| URL: | www.gold.gov.au/ |
| Organisation: | The Little Purple Book of community rep-ing |
| Category: | Consumer Participation |
| Details: | A humorous and accessible guide for people wanting to be a community or consumer representative. The guide is based on the experiences of people who have actually been a community or consumer representative. |
| URL: | www.participateinhealth.org.au/ClearingHouse/Docs/HandBook.pdf |
| Organisation: | The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, Australia |
| Category: | National and State Government |
| Details: | For information about your privacy rights |
| URL: | www.privacy.gov.au |
| Organisation: | The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
| Category: | Medicines and Pharmaceuticals |
| URL: | www.psa.org.au/ |
| Organisation: | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| Category: | Electronic Health Records |
| Details: | Regulating Australia's medicine, medical devices, blood, tissues and chemicals |
| URL: | www.tga.gov.au |
| Organisation: | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| Category: | Regulatory Sites |
| Details: | Regulating Australia's medicine, medical devices, blood, tissues and chemicals. |
| URL: | www.tga.gov.au |
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