My Health Record - Clinical Information System (CIS) to National Provider Portal (NPP)

Overview

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. A healthcare provider might use the NPP if they do not use a Clinical Information System (CIS) that has integrated My Health Record functionality.

If your organisation develops software for healthcare providers and you wish to integrate My Health Record viewing capability with minimal initial and ongoing development, then the CIS to NPP mechanism may be right for you. The CIS to NPP feature integrates the NPP directly into your software, making it easy to access. You will be able to use patient information from your software to search their My Health Record, simplifying access for users. There are several current limitations to the NPP to consider before opting for NPP access over B2B integration with My Health Record.

Software can be connected via both B2B and CIS to NPP, allowing the advanced upload functionality and atomic data integration which B2B has to offer, while providing the viewing capability of the NPP via CIS to NPP.

CIS to NPP limitations

 Healthcare providers using the NPP through a browser or the CIS to NPP interface;

• Will only have read access to the My Health Record system
• Must link their HPI-I to the organisation's HPI-O, a step completed using Services Australia - Health Professional Online Services (HPOS).

 For advanced features like uploading clinical content and retrieving atomic clinical data, integrate with the My Health Record Business to Business (B2B) interface to access all capabilities.

Pre-requisites

The Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI Service) is NOT a pre-requisite for clinical software connecting to My Health Record using the CIS to NPP Service. Find out more about the HI Service.

Registration for access to the My Health Record system is the only requirement.

CIS to NPP Integration

Step 1: Register 

Refer to the My Health Record CIS to NPP - Registration, Testing Requirements developer guide to begin your development journey and register for access to the My Health Record system.

Step 2: Implementation

Refer to the My Health Record CIS to NPP - Complete Implementation developer guide to understand the steps required to implement CIS to NPP into your software. 

Step 3: Testing

Once you have completed development, there are two types of testing which must be undertaken: 

1. Notice of Connection (NOC) testing
2. Conformance, Compliance and Declaration (CCD) 

Refer My Health Record CIS to NPP - Registration, Testing Requirements developer guide for details on undertaking testing requirements.