This document provides conformance requirements applicable to all types of clinical documents. This includes references to other documents containing additional normative content. Conformance requirements listed in this document are supplemented with and superseded by conformance requirements for specific types of clinical documents and/or for particular usage scenarios, e.g. the My Health Record system or provider-to-provider communication.
By operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016, on 1 July 2016, all the assets and liabilities of NEHTA will vest in the Australian Digital Health Agency. In this website, on and from 1 July 2016, all references to "National E-Health Transition Authority" or "NEHTA" will be deemed to be references to the Australian Digital Health Agency. PCEHR means the My Health Record, formerly the "Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record", within the meaning of the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), formerly called the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (Cth).