Find a Health Service app for iPhone and iPad


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Health & Fitness Medical
Developer: ACT Government Health Directorate
Free
Current version: 1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Mar 2013
App size: 3.33 Mb

The Find a Health Service mobile application provides an instant directory of health services and health practitioners that are available in Canberra (ACT) and surrounding NSW locations. The application can be accessed at any time of day, from any location on a mobile, tablet or internet-enabled device.

The Find a Health Service application lists a broad range of health and supportive services, such as: Aged Care, Mental Health, GPs, Pharmacies, Pathology Centres, Psychology/ Counselling, Hospitals, Allied Health, Support Groups, Telephone Services and many more.

The Find a Health Service application also lists a wide range of local health practitioners, who can be searched on by: the practitioners name, speciality, ethnicity or language spoken.

Other features include:

Within each health service category, consumers can refine their search by:
- Region;
- Opening hours;
- Service type; or
- Clickable map of the Canberra and Queanbeyan region.

Each health service listing provides:
- Address / PO Box;
- Opening hours;
- Contact numbers;
- Descriptions about the business or the services available;
- Links to relevant websites (if applicable)
- Email address (if applicable)

The application enables users to save any health service or health practitioner to their own personalised favourites list.

The application can filter search results if a few letters are typed into the main searching field. Results can be displayed by an A-Z list or by a map using maps with geo-clustering.

To access the Find a Health Service application you will need:

- A web-enabled modern smart phone;
- A data plan with your mobile provider; and
- Mobile Internet coverage (or WiFi coverage)

The Find a Health Service application is completely free for consumers, however mobile phone data costs may apply.

The Find a Health Service application is intended to make finding health services and health practitioner information easy, more accessible, and available whenever users require it.