Getting started

Pre-consultation

Start conversations about healthy eating and exercise

As a clinician, you are a key person in helping patients make lifestyle changes. The conversation guides support you to get started in a standard consultation.

Pre-consultation

Sign up to Healthy Habits

Create a Healthy Habits account to access a practice dashboard. If you are signing up your practice, follow the additional step to create a practice.

Before adding patients to a practice dashboard, a RACGP member needs to login and verify the practice. This ensures all patient information is only being accessed by verified health professionals.

During consultation

Discuss the app with your patient

In your next consultation use the conversation guides to help you talk to your patient about healthy eating and exercise.

During consultation

Connect your patient to the clinician dashboard

A. Click ‘Add a patient’

B. Enter the patient’s name, and their date of birth (optional)

C. Click ‘Generate’ to create a unique QR code

D. To download the Healthy Habits app: Your patient takes a photo of the QR code on your screen, by using the camera app on their mobile, OR you can provide them with a printed version.

E. Your patient then follows the prompts to download the Healthy Habits app. This can be done after the consultation.

Once the app is installed, your patient will be shown on your clinician dashboard. Only the practice that shared the QR code can see the patient’s data.

Any time

Track patient progress

Using the clinican dashboard GPs and Practice Nurses can track patient’s nutrition and exercise progress. You can proactively identify patients who might be struggling to stay on track and reach out.

Ask your patient to book a follow up appointment so you can discuss how they’re going.