My Health Record
We’ve put together some basic information to help build your knowledge about this important health initiative.
What is it?
My Health Record is the national digital health record system. It is a secure digital place to store your health information and keeps everything together. It’s an online summary of your key health information and aims to provide more efficient care for you and our family. When you have a My Health Record, your health information can be viewed securely online, from anywhere, at any time. This is especially important in an emergency.
You can keep key health information like allergies, immunisations, pathology, imaging reports, prescription and dispensing information, hospital discharge summaries, specialist referrals and emergency contacts all in the one place which is invaluable if you have multiple care providers.
It is private and can only be seen by you, your healthcare providers and anyone else you choose to share it with.
Importantly, it can be used all throughout your life, from birth through adulthood years and into your old age. Meaning you can track your health information over time.
It will also mean you can access and view your own health records as soon as they’ve been uploaded.
Anyone in Australia who has Medicare, or an individual healthcare identifier (IHI) can use My Health Record. You need a MyGov account to access your record.
You can get a My Health Record at any time.
There is also an online learning module to help you learn more about My Health Record.
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