Health Identity

Information about the National Health Index (NHI), Health Provider Index (HPI), Medical Warning System (MWS) and NES.

National Health Index

The National Health Index (NHI) is a mechanism for uniquely identifying every health care user.
Medical Warning System Statement of Use

The Medical Warning System (MWS) is used to warn health providers of any known risks to patients.
Health Provider Index

The HPI is a database of health practitioners, facilities and organisations that either fund or deliver health and/or disability services.
Healthcare Events

Healthcare Events are summaries of hospital admission events reported to the National Minimum Dataset,
Information for Health Providers

Best practice guidance for anyone using identity services.
Information for IT vendors and developers

Information for developers about integration to the Health Identity Platform (HIP) web services.
Access to Production Systems

Information about getting access to production services.
Addressing and geocoding

Providing information for health providers and IT developers.
Ethnicity

Best practice for providing ethnicity data to the national collections