The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has launched an automated application tool for healthcare providers looking to register for eHealth services such as the PCEHR.

The eHealth Online Forms tool is available on the NEHTA website and is intended to be an additional channel to the Department of Human Services (DHS) through which to apply for several eHealth services, including the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service, the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) and the PCEHR itself.

DHS remains the first port of call for non-eHealth related matters such as Medicare PKI certificates and Health Professionals Online Services (HPOS), and the NEHTA tool is an addition to rather than a replacement for DHS eHealth services.