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Profile and settings
Discover how to view and update your personal information, add emergency contacts, set up email or SMS notifications, check your Medicare information or cancel your record.
ePIP compliance - frequently asked questions
FAQS to assist general practices (practice) that have received a Practice Incentives Program eHealth Incentive (ePIP) compliance letter, better understand the compliance activity and how to contact the Department.
Information Publication Scheme (IPS) Agency Plan
The Information Publication Scheme (IPS) Agency Plan outlines the mechanisms and procedures that the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is required to undertake in managing and making avail
Emergency access
Who can access restricted records and documents in an emergency.
Annual reports
An overview of our operations and performance.
Medicare information
Some information held by Services Australia may be available in your record.
Freedom of Information (FOI)
The two main objectives of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) are to provide access to, and encourage proactive disclosure of, information created and held by the Commonwealth
Cancer patients use smartphones to provide feedback on their care experience
Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and digital health company The Clinician, have successfully completed an Australian Digital Health Agency pilot project that enabled cancer patients to use their smartphones to provide feedback on the quality of care they received.
Read the pre-registration checklist
To ensure your registration with Provider Connect Australia™ (also known as PCA™) is as smooth as possible, please complete this checklist before starting registration.
Building a rich data repository of accurate information
Dr Steve Hambleton discusses My Health Record's evolving role, emphasising its transformation to a rich data repository benefiting healthcare.
Pharmacy goes digital: new guidelines, events and more
New Pharmaceutical Society of Australia guidelines, pharmacist Chris Braithwaite talks My Health Record, and TerryWhite Chemmart's three-day masterclass.
Empowering healthcare consumers to manage their information
Tony Kitzelmann, Chief Information Security Officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency describes how the security in the My Health Record system gives consumers the power to manage their health information.
Get a healthy start to the new financial year
Logged into MyGov to do your tax? Click onto My Health Record, update your information and get a healthy start to the new financial year.
Making timely and safe clinical decisions
Hospital pharmacist Leonie Abbott explains why having My Health Record accessible 24/7 is a huge benefit to the system.
Our clinical experts, in their own words
The Agency’s Clinical Reference Leads play a key role in ensuring the fitness for purpose of our products and services.
Healthcare providers use of technology surges in the face of COVID-19
New data released today by the Australian Digital Health Agency shows another big lift in the use of the My Health Record system across pharmacies, GP’s and now public hospitals as Australian healthcare providers accelerate their use of technology during COVID-19.
The view from Mount Isa
How can My Health Record and other digital health services improve lives in Mount Isa? We travelled there to find out.
Goals of care document
Your medical treatment and preferences for end-of-life treatment, created and uploaded to your record by your healthcare provider.
Digital support for emergency and time-critical care
My Health Record offers authoritative health summaries in just a few clicks, a valuable resource for time-critical healthcare.
Pharmacists have worked in the dark for way too long
Associate Professor Mark Naunton says that pharmacists have worked in the dark for too long, and looks forward to them having secure access to patient health information.
Research Release: CHIME-GP Reports
Between 2018 and 2021 the Agency led several coordinated research activities and pilot programs in clinical settings across Australia as part of the first National Digital Health Strategy and the Agen
More Victorian patients and clinicians now have instant and secure access to pathology test results
More patients across Victoria are benefiting from convenient and secure access to their pathology reports with Melbourne Pathology the latest to start sending reports to My Health Record. Victorian-based general practitioner, Dr Nathan Pinskier, says the whole process is seamless, from ordering a lab test for a patient to the results of that test being uploaded to My Health Record.
Recent connections offer secure, instant access to pathology reports
More consumers are choosing providers that can facilitate easier, digital access to their pathology results through My Health Record.
Printouts and faxes for pathology results almost history
15 May 2020: Test results from more than 95 per cent of Australian public pathology laboratories are now available online providing secure and convenient access for patients and clinicians. All public pathology laboratories in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia are now connected to the My Health Record system and work is progressing to complete connections in the ACT and Victoria.
HIPS November 2016 Release
The Australian Digital Health Agency is pleased to announce the release of HIPS v6.1. This version supersedes and combines the functionality of HIPS v5.0 and eHealth Integration Sample Code (eHISC) v6.0, and provides the basis for all future HIPS releases.
Conformant clinical software products
Conformant clinical software products: the register of conformity lists software products and the versions that have been assessed for conformance with national digital health requirements. This includes the ability to view a My Health Record, upload a shared health summary, upload prescriptions, provide assisted registration, and more.
Secure online access to radiology and pathology reports now available in Bendigo
Patients in Bendigo now have the option of choosing radiology and pathology service providers that can securely upload their reports to My Health Record.
Top 5 healthcare documents Australians want access to
The strictures of social distancing provisions have led healthcare providers to turn to My Health Record for the information they need to deliver the best possible patient care.
Immunisation status among the top 5 healthcare documents Australians want access to
Ten million Australians now have their immunisations in their My Health Record and people can’t get enough of them. Research undertaken by the Australian Digital Health Agency (Agency) earlier this year showed that the top 5 things people want to access are their test scans and results, notes from their GP, information on medicines they have been prescribed, Medicare information and their immunisation status.
Accessing test results is no longer a problem for private pathology patients in Victoria and South Australia
People in Victoria and South Australia now have the option of choosing a private pathology provider that will securely upload their results to their My Health Record so they can be accessed whenever n
When every second counts: Q&A with Dr Andrew Hugman, Emergency Physician
Accurate and timely information is vital in medicine, and never more so than in emergency departments, where time is of the essence and patients may arrive in critical conditions.
Engaging pharmacists to enhance medicines safety
The Pharmacist Shared Medicines List is a new feature coming to My Health Record that provides a complete view of a consumer’s medicines, including non-prescription and over the counter products.
NEHTA Releases Version 6 of the eHealth Integration Sample Code
NEHTA Integration Products is pleased to announce this version of the eHealth Integration Sample Code (eHISC) lets you upload pathology and diagnostic imaging reports to the My Health Record system without needing to generate CDA™ documents.
A clearer view of pathology and diagnostic imaging results
Recent My Health Record upgrade makes it easier for clinicians to access patients’ pathology and diagnostic imaging results.
Checking in with the Pharmacist Shared Medicines List
Webstercare has taken the lead in adopting the new Pharmacist Shared Medicines List, a new feature of My Health Record that will improve medicines safety.
Glossary
Explore the digital health glossary. Clarify medical terminology and concepts to navigate the evolving landscape of healthcare technology.
Residential aged care
When digital health services are connected, healthcare providers and authorised residential aged care staff have immediate access to a resident’s key health information.
Initiatives and programs
Explore initiatives and programs at the Australia Digital Health Agency. Discover transformative projects shaping the future of healthcare delivery.
Technology delivers social distancing for healthcare in fight against COVID-19
Technology is poised to further help Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic through electronic prescriptions that will allow people convenient access to their medicines to people practicing social distancing and self-isolation. This new development will complement the My Health Record which is already making critical health information available when it’s most needed.
Vale Bob Whitehead
It is with deep fondness and admiration that the digital health community today recognises the legacy left by Robert Whitehead who has passed away after his battle with cancer. After growing up in Queensland, Bob reached national prominence for his leadership implementing health technology in the Northern Territory. Together with Dr Gary Sinclair, John Fletcher (“Fletch”) and Steven Moo, he put in place the best eHealth policy, workflows and clinical systems at a time when the Australian health system was just starting to digitise.
Secure Messaging Integration Toolkit v1.2.3 now available
The Australian Digital Health Agency is pleased to announce the release of Secure Messaging Integration Toolkit v1.2.3.
NEHTA releases the NASH Organisation Certificate Tracker
The NASH Organisation Certificate Tracker (Certificate Tracker) helps healthcare provider organisations ensure ongoing connectivity to the My Health Record system.
Unleashing the power of people - How digital services can transform healthcare
Explore the transformative potential of digital services in healthcare, enhancing patient care across Australia with the Australian Digital Health Agency.
Unleashing the power of people - How digital services can transform healthcare
The Agency will shortly be launching an Agency blog. Here is our first post from the Agency CEO Mr Tim Kelsey.
Detailed Clinical Model Library v4.3 - December 2015 Release now available for download
NEHTA is pleased to announce the publication of Detailed Clinical Model Library v4.3 available now on the NEHTA website.
Australian Migrant Resource Centre - Hearing Their Stories
In light of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s commitment to delivering the best possible digital health services to Australia, we recognise the importance of going out and talking to people, hearing their individual health issues and concerns. It’s been one of the most interesting aspects of my job in the Agency’s Communications team.
Training and support
Accredited professional development and education on a range of digital health initiatives, including on-demand training (ODT).
Healthcare providers
Discover initiatives and resources for healthcare providers. Stay updated on digital health advancements to enhance patient care and streamline processes.
Digital Bytes with Maria Benke - Audiologist
In this Digital Bytes, see how audiologists and their patients can use My Health Record as a convenient place to securely store and access vital health information.
What is pathology? with Dr Caitlin Keighley
Having all the information at the time of making a clinical decision is going to lead to better health outcomes.