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My Health Record

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A My Health Record is an electronic summary of a patient’s health information. A registered healthcare provider organisation may view or add health information (such as diagnoses, treatments, medications and allergies) to a patient’s My Health Record as long as they follow their access controls.

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Privacy and the My Health Record system

Watch our videos for health service providers to learn more

Using the My Health Record system

Upload, download or correct a record, rules that apply

My Health Record access controls

Who sets access controls and what the controls can do

Handling information in a My Health Record

Who can handle a record's information, and handling breaches

Guide to mandatory data breach notification

How to notify a data breach in the My Health Record system

RACGP and OAIC eHealth webinar on the Notifiable Data Breaches schemes

What general practice teams need to do under the NDB scheme

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