e-Learning Training Package for AHW's to support Medicare Item 10997

On July 1 2007, the Australian Government introduced Medicare Item 10997 to provide monitoring and support to people with a chronic disease care plan by a practice nurse or registered Aboriginal Health Worker on behalf of a general practitioner. In April 2008, Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) and the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (Batchelor Institute) began the development and delivery of an e-Learning training package to support the role for practice nurses and registered Aboriginal Health Workers to provide monitoring and support in accordance with Medicare Item 10997. This project was commissioned and funded by the Department of Health and Ageing.