HealthPathways

Community HealthPathways (CHP) is a web-based portal providing clinical management information (pathways) for use by Primary Care providers during patient consultations. The pathways are jointly developed by local General Practitioners and Specialists, which greatly enhances the delivery and integration of patient care through locally agreed processes and referral information into hospital clinics, community health services, allied health, and a range of other health service providers. By using this information, Primary Care clinicians are equipped to make informed decisions about patient treatment, providing them with the right care, in the right place at the right time.

Hospital HealthPathways (HHP) provides secondary care clinicians with access to a suite of locally agreed pathways of care within a hospital environment. HHP is written primarily for junior doctors, senior doctors working outside their specialty, and doctors working in non-specialty areas, such as emergency or general medicine. HHP supports patient flow, including early discharge to the community.

HealthPathways are designed to be quick and simple to use and include:

management and treatment options for clinical conditions
educational resources for patients
referral information for local services and specialists.

Community and Hospital HealthPathways facilitate informed decisions at the point of care, supporting collaboration and the integration of care processes through standardised ways of working.

Who uses HealthPathways?

Currently, there are thirteen Community and one Hospital HealthPathways regions that cover the state of NSW. The primary health networks and corresponding local health districts that support each region are listed below.

Community HealthPathways Region	Primary Health Network	Local Health District
ACT & SNSW	South Eastern PHN In partnership with ACT PHN	Southern NSW in collaboration with ACT Government Health
Central Coast	Hunter New England and Central Coast (HNECC) PHN	Central Coast LHD
Hunter New England	Hunter New England and Central Coast (HNECC) PHN	Hunter New England (HNE) LHD
Illawarra Shoalhaven	South Eastern NSW PHN	Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
Mid and North Coast	North Coast PHN	Mid North Coast LHD Northern NSW LHD
Murrumbidgee	Murrumbidgee PHN	Murrumbidgee LHD
Nepean Blue Mountains	Nepean Blue Mountains PHN	Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
South Eastern Sydney	Central and Eastern Sydney PHN	South Eastern Sydney LHD
South Western Sydney	South Western Sydney PHN	South Western Sydney LHD
Sydney	Central and Eastern Sydney PHN	Sydney LHD
Sydney North	Northern Sydney PHN	Northern Sydney LHD
Western NSW	Western NSW PHN	Far West LHD Western NSW LHD
Western Sydney	Western Sydney PHN	Western Sydney LHD