My Health Record

 

My Health Record commenced on 1 July 2012. Like many similar initiatives around the world, it is a secure, online summary of an individual’s health information. It can be viewed by treating healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists across Australia. MyHealth Record is a secure, electronic record of a patient's medical history, stored and shared in a network of connected systems. The Health Record will bring key health information from a number of different systems together and present it in a single view. Comprehensive information for providers is available on the My Health Record website

Information you can access through My Health Record includes:

  • Shared Health Summary: A summary, authored by the treating doctor, of an individual’s health status including adverse reactions, medicines, medical history and immunisations

  • Hospital Discharge Summaries: A record of an individual’s hospital stay and any follow up treatment required

  • Diagnostic reports: Such as pathology and imaging results

  • Prescriptions and dispense information: Such as dosages and frequency

  • Event Summaries: Clinical summaries of health events entered by the healthcare provider who was involved in the patient’s care to inform other treating healthcare providers

  • Specialist letters: Referral letters and reports from one treating healthcare provider to another

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