My Health Record for clinical immunology/allergy specialists

What’s in it for you and your patients?

My Health Record is an online record of patient health information that has been uploaded by health professionals, health services and/or patients. It is operated by the Australian Digital Health Agency. My Health Record can support you in caring for your patients by enabling easier access to their health information.

A patient’s My Health Record can contain:

• Allergy and adverse reaction information

• Immunisations

• Pathology

• Diagnostic imaging reports

• Prescription and dispensing information

• Hospital discharge summaries

You can use a conformant clinical information system (such as Genie, ZedMed, Best Practice) to upload your specialist letter to your patient’s My Health Record. This allows the information you choose to include in the specialist letter, such as their allergy status and management plan to be shared with other members of the patient’s healthcare team. For a full list of conformant software, visit the Australian Digital Health Agency website.

My Health Record is secure, it can save you time, and it may reduce unnecessary duplication of diagnostic services. Accessing My Health Record ensures safe prescribing, especially for patients with known food or drug allergies.

In June 2025:

• Around 99% of general practices and pharmacies were connected to My Health Record and uploading or viewing documents

• 97% of public hospitals are now connected

• More than 754 million pathology reports are in the system