Apps and tools

The residential aged care residents COVID-19 vaccination rates provides data by facility across Australia and is updated every Wednesday.

The residential aged care worker COVID-19 vaccination rates map shows data by facility across Australia. From 17 August 2022, this data will be updated monthly, on the first Wednesday of every month.

Sponsors and suppliers can use the PLMS to create, edit and monitor applications for prostheses listings.

Hospital staff can use this portal to find patient records in My Aged Care to view assessment information. This will streamline information sharing between hospital-based teams and the aged care assessment workforce, supporting ACAT assessment referrals and discharge planning of older people.

Approved aged care service providers must use this portal to manage information about their services, see their service’s care minutes target, manage referrals, update client records, generate reports and ask an assessor to review a client’s support plan.

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) coordinates data on 71 diseases that present a risk to public health in Australia. Use this tool to view interactive graphs and tables to explore the data for those diseases across different variables. We update the data daily.

Health Funding Facts shows how much aged care, hospital, Medicare and medicines funding your local area receives from the Australian Government.

Use our workforce locator map to check the geographical classification of any location in Australia. The map can tell you if a location is classified as city, rural or remote. It identifies areas that need more doctors.

AODconnect is a national directory of alcohol and other drug treatment services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The app is available on iOS and Android devices.

Aged care assessors can use this app to conduct residential aged care funding assessments as part of scheduled visits at Australian Government–funded residential aged care facilities.

Aged care assessors can use this app to conduct assessments when there is no internet access. Download client information beforehand from the assessor portal and upload the assessment information when you’re back in the office. The app is designed for tablet devices.

Aged care assessment organisations can distribute the myAssessor installation files so their staff can manually install (sideload) the myAssessor app on a Windows 8+ device.

Aged care assessment organisations can distribute the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) installation files so their staff can manually install (sideload) the AN-ACC app on a Windows 8+ device.

The Stoma Appliance Scheme provides free stoma appliances to people who have a stoma (ostomates), through their stoma associations. All the items subsidised under the scheme are listed on the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule.

The COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Finder is the best way to book a vaccination. Find a clinic near you that suits your needs. You can use the Vaccine Clinic Finder to book for yourself, your children, or someone else.

The National Public Toilet Map app provides information on over 19,000 publicly available toilets across Australia. The app is available on iOS and Android devices.

Free short introductory modules about dementia and communication strategies in care settings. Includes online micro-courses of only 15 minutes.

The Health Products Portal provides a single, secure and easy-to-use channel for the pharmaceutical industry to interact with us about their regulated and reimbursed health-related products and services.

The Subsidy Estimator and Unspent Funds Examples are guidance materials for home care providers on how claims will work under Improved Payment Arrangements.

Our Health Workforce Data site gives you access to reports and summary tables about the health workforce in Australia.

The Medical Costs Finder helps you find and understand the typical cost of common specialist services across Australia.

Use our locator map to find the location, boundaries and contact details of Primary Health Networks (PHNs). You can overlap this with either electorate boundaries or statistical area 3 (SA3).

Disability Support for Older Australians (DSOA) Program clients can use this Department of Social Services (DSS) tool to find a disability advocate. It lists the contact details and locations of disability advocacy agencies based on the location you enter.

Answer questions about your symptoms to see if you need to seek medical help or get tested. This tool is available online at any time.

The 2020 ACAR – Residential care places map helps you determine your prioritisation category based on Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3)