Specifications, guidance and associated collateral applicable to all types of clinical documents.
The My Health Record allows different types of functionality including uploading of clinical documents and accessing targeted My Health Record views.
The following table describes the My Health Record functionalities and their relevance to various Healthcare sectors.
✓✓ Highly Recommended ✓ Recommended
| Uploading | GP | Pharmacy | Pathology | Diagnostic Imaging | Allied Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Health Summary | ✓✓ | ||||
| Event Summary | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ||
| eHealth Prescription Record | ✓✓ | ||||
| eHealth Dispense Record | ✓✓ | ||||
| eHealth Pathology Report | ✓✓ | ||||
| eHealth Diagnostic Imaging Report | ✓✓ |
| Viewing | GP | Pharmacy | Pathology | Diagnostic Imaging | Allied Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Record Overview | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Medicare Overview | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| eHealth Pathology Report View | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| eHealth Diagnostic Imaging Report View | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
| eHealth Prescription & Dispense View | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| eHealth Medicines View ** | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
** The eHealth Medicines View is not a document that is uploaded by clinical information software. It can only be downloaded via the document list.
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My Health Record FHIR® Mobile Gateway - Clinical Document Service
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Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML)
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