My Health Record Patient Education and Support
NCPHN’s My Health Record team is available to partner with healthcare providers to facilitate ongoing consumer education and support on My Health Record and what it means for them. This can be tailored to your practice needs, either on or off site, and on-demand. Patient/consumer demand for My Health Record information and education is expected
Pharmacist Shared Medicines List Coming to My Health Record
Soon you and your patients will be able to view Pharmacist Shared Medicines Lists (PSML) that have been uploaded to a My Health Record. This is a list of medicines a consumer is known to be taking at the time the list is created, including prescribed, over-the-counter and complementary medicines. A Pharmacist Shared Medicines List
Understand When You Can View and Upload Information in My Health Record
Under the My Health Records Act 2012, healthcare provider organisations are authorised to: Upload information to the My Health Record system, and View information in the system. Authority to upload information to a My Health Record Subject to the situations described below, there is no requirement for a healthcare provider to obtain consent on each
Private Specialist Sector Review
The Australian Digital Health Agency has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (Australia) to review the private specialist sector landscape and develop an understanding of the key opportunities and barriers around driving further adoption of My Health Record (MHR). This online survey seeks to gain a better understanding of private practice workflows and the views of specialists and
Expressions of Interest for Digital Health Clinical Reference Lead
Since its establishment in July 2016 the Australian Digital Health Agency has engaged Clinical Reference Leads (CRLs) to support the implementation of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s 2018-19 work program and Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy. The Agency will be undertaking an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to procure CRL services to support the Agency’s
How My Health Record Saved Further Pain and Discomfort for a Dental Patient
Drs Graeme Helms and Brendan White have been in practice since 1996. They’ve continued a family dental practice first established in 1935. Helms and White Dental in Lismore was one of the first dental practices to adopt My Health Record in our region. NCPHN’s My Health Record team has now helped almost 500 health organisations
The Benefits of My Health Record for Pharmacy
North Coast Primary Health Network had a chat with Coffs Harbour pharmacist Tanya Maloney who shared how she uses My Health Record in providing care to her patients. Tanya registered her pharmacy as a provider for My Health Record (MHR) in May 2017 after North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) got in touch to explain the
My Health Record eLearning for Allied Health
The Australian Digital Health Agency, in collaboration with Allied Health Professions Australia, has developed a series of five self-paced eLearning modules to support allied health professionals to become familiar with and confident in using the My Health Record system. The modules can be accessed here. Click here to visit the HealthPathway for My Health Record. For
Most of Your Patients Will Now Have a My Health Record
A message for general practices from Clinical Professor Meredith Makeham, Chief Medical Adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency. Between 16 July 2018 and 31 January 2019, Australians had the opportunity to make a choice to have a My Health Record, or to opt out by 31 January 2019 if they did not want a
Better Connections Survey
On 5 April 2019, the Australian Digital Health Agency opened an online consultation for all Australians to have their say on a more modern, digitally connected health system. The consultation is part of a nationwide series of discussions used to co-design the National Health Interoperability Roadmap, which will agree on the standards and priorities required
My Health Record in Community Pharmacy Course
A new CPD-accredited My Health Record in Community Pharmacy course is now available online. This self-paced course supports those working in community pharmacies to become familiar with and confident in using the My Health Record system. The course contains five modules: An Introduction to My Health Record Clinical Documents and Patient Entered Information Viewing and
Learn How My Health Record Is Being Used in Practice
Do you want to learn how other health professionals are making My Health Record work for them and their patients? You’re invited to have dinner with Dr Andrew Jeremijenko in Kingscliff on Thursday 4 April 2019. Dr Jeremijenko will explain how the My Health Record system is used practically between hospitals, general practices and specialist
