Australian pathology services are provided by public and private laboratories and provide the foundations on which much of the science of medicine is based.
Pathology in the Australian context
Diagnostic imaging services are provided by radiology providers in the public and private sectors.
Access to miscellaneous supporting documents
eHealth pathology reports can be used to share information about pathology tests via an individual's digital health record.
eHealth pathology reports can be used to share information about pathology tests via an individual's digital health record. The Pathology Report PDF may contain one or more tests that are uploaded by the pathology provider to the individual's digital health record.
This guide explains how a requesting clinician can communicate to a pathology or diagnostic imaging provider that they should not upload a report to the patient’s My Health Record.
OIDs assigned by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) for external use under the arc of 1.2.36.1.2001.1005. Click for all details.
For GP desktop software, please also read about the Practice Incentives Program (PIP).
To enable the uploading of clinical documents and the viewing of a patient's My Health Record, the following functionality and supporting material is recommended.
High Level Scope: The software will enable the upload of pathology or diagnostic imaging reports to the My Health Record system, and the viewing of the My Health Record system by authorised representatives of the diagnostic services organisations.
We have created the following templates to assist you in achieving a successful project outcome. While they are based on our experience in project of this type, we can't guarantee their completeness or relevance to your organisation.
The following Diagnostic Imaging Process Flows were updated in March 2018.
The following Pathology Process Flows were updated in March 2018.
The Agency is very keen to understand and get feedback from the medical software industry on some key topics within the Guidelines.
We have recently identified a defect in our Pathology Report View and Diagnostic Imaging Report View stylesheet version 1.1.1 (DH_Diagnostic_Imaging_And_Pathology_View_CDA_Stylesheet-1.1.1.xsl).
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).
