AHPA National Digital Health Webinar #2 – Start with your HPI-I: The first step to secure digital connection

The second of a 3-part digital health education webinar series, hosted by Allied Health Professions Australia.

In this practical webinar, AHPA is joined by representatives from Services Australia and Ahpra to explain what HPI identifiers are, why they matter, and how allied health professionals and organisations can obtain and use them correctly.

Allied health professionals require an HPI-I to:

• Connect to My Health Record
• Use secure messaging
• Participate in Provider Connect Australia
• Share consumer health information safely and securely

If you work within an organisation, your HPI-I connects with your organisation’s Healthcare Provider Identifier – Organisation (HPI-O). Both are essential components of digital connection.

This webinar explains how it all fits together.

The session will also include Q&A.

About the AHPA Digital Health Education Webinar Series

The AHPA Digital Health Education Series is part of the AHPA Digital Health Connection Project, a collaboration between AHPA and the Australian Digital Health Agency to encourage and enable connection to key digital health products by allied health professionals.

• Webinar 1 examined the broader system changes underway and why digital connection matters now. 
• Webinar 3 will explore My Health Record, privacy and cyber security. Date May 2026 TBC. 

Learning outcomes:

• Understand what an HPI-I is and how it functions
• Know why an HPI-I is required for secure information sharing
• Identify the correct pathway to obtain an HPI-I
• Understand how their organisation obtains and uses an HPI-O
• Know where to access detailed guidance and support
• Understand how HPI identifiers enable participation in national digital health products