Introduction
My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Integrating with My Health Record allows healthcare providers to exchange a wide range of Clinical Documents.
My Health Record has now been natively integrated into over 110 software products and is used broadly across many sectors of healthcare.
This page provides an overview of the three connection methods to My Health Record Services, and provides a gateway to the resources and guides necessary for software developers to achieve connection to them.
Updates to My Health Record Connecting Systems – Security Conformance Profile
The Agency published the My Health Record Connecting Systems Security Conformance Profile v1.0 on the Agency’s Developer Portal in September 2024. Learn more.
My Health Record Services
The Australian Digital Health Agency provides several mechanisms for software to interact with the My Health Record system.
My Health Record B2B Gateway
A connection method that can be used if a developer wishes to provide the full capabilities of the My Health Record system such as uploading clinical content and retrieving clinical data utilising the Clinical Information Systems
My Health Record - Clinical Information System (CIS) to National Provider Portal (NPP)
The My Health Record National Provider Portal (NPP) is a portal which can be accessed by healthcare providers using a browser to view their patients’ My Health Records.
My Health Record FHIR® Gateway
A connection method utilising Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) that can be used by developers who wish to build mobile apps targeted towards consumers
Related content
Getting started education modules
If you are interested in integrating your software with the My Health Record system, we recommend starting by reviewing our education modules.
Services Australia advice: HI Service updates to functionality
Due to scheduled maintenance, there will be an outage to the vendor environment between approximately 8.00pm-10.00pm on Tuesday 26 November 2024 (AEDT).
Updates to My Health Record Connecting Systems – Security Conformance Profile
The Agency published the My Health Record Connecting Systems Security Conformance Profile v1.0 (Security Profile) on the Agency’s Developer Portal in September 2024.
Developer guides
Software Developer Impact Roadmap
This roadmap has been developed to capture known impacts to software developers across participating government organisations.
My Health Record Notice of Connection (NoC) and Conformance Compliance and Declaration (CCD) testing
To integrate software products with the My Health Record system, two types of testing are required.
Clinical Information System (CIS) vs Contracted Service Provider (CSP) Software
A contracted service provider (CSP) in the My Health Record system is an organisation that provides technology services or health information management services relating to the My Health Record system to a healthcare provider organisation
My Health Record Document Types
The My Health Record system uses document class codes and type codes as critical metadata elements to enhance the search and discovery of clinical documents.
My Health Record Connecting Systems - Security Conformance Profile - FAQs
The Security Requirements for My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile contains software requirements that harden clinical information systems from cyber security attacks, uplift information security and protect patient information and your software product.
Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML)
The Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) is a clinical document type supported by the My Health Record system.
Open Source Sample Code Directory - GitHub and NuGet
The Agency provides sample code directly on GitHub, NuGet, and Maven.