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Healthcare IT support · Melbourne & Geelong

IT support for medical centres and pharmacies.

Sentinels Cloud looks after the IT behind patient care across Melbourne and Geelong: practice software, dispensary systems, secure messaging, My Health Record connectivity, backups and cyber security.

  • Clinical software experience
  • RACGP & Privacy Act evidence
  • 24/7 monitoring

Pharmacies and businesses we support

  • Quality Pharmacy Group
  • Pharmacy 777
  • Better U Pharmacy
  • Amcal+ Burwood One
  • Advantage Pharmacy Sunbury
  • Carnegie Pharmacy
  • Revive Pharmacy Group
  • TerryWhite Chemmart Footscray
  • Heaths Road Pharmacy
  • Croydon North Discount Pharmacy
  • Enmore Road Pharmacy
  • Gap Road Pharmacy
  • Gisborne Pharmacy
  • Penola Pharmacy
  • St Arnaud Pharmacy
  • Truganina Discount Pharmacy
  • Woodburn Pharmacy
  • BDA Homes
  • Octane Fuels
  • Imperial Finance Group
  • Pakenham Crane Trucks
  • Charlton Pharmacy
  • East Melbourne Pharmacy
  • Goonawarra Pharmacy
  • Gordon Pharmacy
  • Mallacoota Pharmacy
  • Robinvale Pharmacy
  • Spring Square Pharmacy
  • Sunbury Medical Centre Pharmacy
  • Wycheproof Pharmacy
  • Sydenham Pharmacy
  • Central Care Pharmacy Burwood
  • Balaclava Pharmacy
  • Dendy Village Pharmacy
  • Bourke Pharmacy
  • Gloucester Pharmacy
  • Gloucester Family Pharmacy
  • Mungindi Pharmacy
  • Allora Pharmacy
  • Mitchell Pharmacy

Medical centres & general practice

Keep consults running on time.

A slow practice server or a broken printer in a consult room costs appointments. We keep your clinical environment fast and predictable, from the practice management server to every consult-room computer.

  • Practice management servers and database maintenance
  • Consult-room workstations, scanners, label and script printers
  • Telehealth webcams, headsets and video platforms
  • Secure messaging and pathology and imaging result delivery
  • Reception phones, queue screens and patient Wi-Fi kept separate from clinical networks

Systems we support

Best PracticeMedicalDirectorPracSoftMedtechZedmedHealthLinkArgusHotDocMicrosoft 365

Using something else? We support any Windows or cloud-based clinical system and liaise with the vendor for you.

Community pharmacy

A pharmacy cannot stop dispensing.

When the dispensary goes down, customers walk out the door. We support community pharmacies across Melbourne with fast response for dispensing outages and proactive care for everything around the counter.

  • Dispensary computers, dispensing software and its database
  • eScripts, active script lists and PBS Online connectivity
  • Point-of-sale terminals, barcode scanners and label printers
  • NASH certificate renewal and My Health Record access
  • Multi-store networks, CCTV networks and secure remote access for owners

What we monitor

Dispensary
Database backups, disk health, patch status
Network
Internet link, 4G failover, firewall
Certificates
NASH and site certificate expiry dates

Allied health, specialists & dental

IT that grows with your clinic.

From a single physio room to a multi-site specialist group, we set up the cloud systems, devices and security that let clinicians work anywhere.

Allied Health

Cloud practice software, tablets for treatment rooms, online bookings and secure referral workflows.

ClinikoHalaxyNookal

Specialists

Secure correspondence, dictation and transcription, hospital-rooms connectivity and multi-site networks.

GenieClinic to CloudSecure messaging

Dental & Imaging

Imaging workstations, sensor drivers, large-file storage and backups that protect years of x-rays.

Imaging computersNASOff-site backup

Compliance & security

Protect patient data and prove it.

Health information is the most targeted data in Australia. We put the controls in place and keep the evidence your accreditor, insurer and the OAIC expect.

  • RACGP Standards for general practicesInformation security controls, backups, business continuity and cyber incident planning documented for accreditation, including the new 6th edition.
  • Pharmacy accreditation (QCPP / QSPP)IT, privacy and security evidence to support your pharmacy's accreditation.
  • Privacy Act 1988 & Australian Privacy PrinciplesAccess controls and handling procedures for health information.
  • Notifiable Data Breaches schemeA written data breach response plan, so you know exactly what to do and who to notify.
  • Essential EightThe ASD baseline: application control, patching, MFA, admin privileges, macro settings, hardening and backups.
  • My Health Record, ePrescribing & NASHPKI certificate tracking and renewal, and secure connectivity to national systems.
  • Email & endpoint protectionEDR, application allowlisting, phishing protection and security awareness training for staff.
  • Backup & disaster recoveryDaily off-site backups of practice and dispensary data, with regular restore tests you can show your accreditor.

Onboarding a practice

How we take over your practice IT.

Health check

We review your server, workstations, backups, certificates and security against healthcare requirements.

Week 1

Handover

We collect credentials, licences and vendor contacts from your current provider, without involving your practice manager.

Week 2

Stabilise

Monitoring, patching and verified backups go live, scheduled outside clinic hours.

Weeks 2–4

Uplift

A prioritised security and compliance plan, reviewed with you each quarter.

Ongoing

FAQ

Healthcare IT questions.

Do you work with Best Practice, MedicalDirector and other clinical software?
Yes. We support the servers, workstations and databases behind the common Australian practice management systems, including Best Practice, MedicalDirector, Medtech, Zedmed and cloud systems such as Cliniko and Halaxy. We work directly with the software vendor's support team so your practice manager doesn't have to.
Can you help us prepare for RACGP accreditation?
Yes. The RACGP Standards for general practices ask practices to show how they protect patient information, and the new 6th edition (released August 2026) strengthens the cyber security and IT governance requirements. We document your backups, access controls, antivirus, patching, business continuity plan and incident response so you have clear evidence ready for your accreditor.
What do we need to do about NASH certificates?
NASH PKI certificates let your practice or pharmacy securely access My Health Record, ePrescribing and secure messaging. They expire every two years. We track expiry dates, coordinate renewal through PRODA and install the new certificate before the old one lapses.
What happens if our practice is hit by ransomware?
Call us on 03 4239 0770. We isolate infected devices, restore your practice database from verified backups, and help you assess whether the incident is an eligible data breach that must be reported to the OAIC and affected patients under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
Do you support pharmacies after hours?
Pharmacies often trade long hours, so our monitoring runs 24/7 and our plans can include extended-hours support. For dispensary outages we prioritise getting your dispensing and eScript workflow running first.