• Provides immediate access to key health information 
• Facilitates the validation and verification of clinical information
• Avoid adverse medication events, provides access to allergy information
• Avoids duplication of tests and diagnostic imaging
• Provides immunisation details
• Improves continuity of care, informs end of life care

• Prompt access to key health information in an emergency 
• Secure, convenient access to health information 
• Safer, faster more efficient care 
• Less need to remember key aspects of their medical history and medications 
• Improved management of health information 
• Informed self-management of health conditions 

For more information watch What is My Health Record? For healthcare providers 

• Patient’s immunisation history including date, dose number, brand of administered vaccination and disease/indication as recorded on Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
• Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits (RPBS) claims information.
• Australian organ donor registration status
• Medication related information, including allergies and adverse reactions, from documents held in a patient’s record.
• Pathology and Diagnostic imaging reports
• MyMedicare registration information
• Advance Care Planning information
• Residential Care Transfer Overview

• Shared Health Summary which displays a snapshot of the individual’s health status at the time. This includes medical conditions, medications, allergies and adverse reactions, and immunisations. View an example of a Shared Health Summary.
• Event Summaries contain information about significant healthcare events that is relevant to the ongoing care of the patient.
• Discharge Summaries provide detail about the patient’s hospital stay and aftercare recommendations.
• Prescription and dispensing records
• Pathology and Diagnostic imaging reports
  • Learn more about pathology
  • Learn more about Diagnostic Imaging
• Referrals including:
  • eReferrals will be sent directly to the intended recipient, as per current practices. A copy may also be sent to the patient’s record.
  • Specialist letters used by a treating specialist to respond to a referrer, the letter may also be uploaded to the patient’s record.

Benefits for healthcare providers include:

• Easy access: Users and caregivers can easily check health info on the app wherever they are.
• Simple sharing: Documents in My Health Record can be quickly downloaded and shared from a phone.
• Wider sharing: Important health info from My Health Record can be shared with more healthcare providers, improving care coordination.