Uploading specialist letters using Genie: For clinical immunology/allergy specialists

Why upload your specialist letters to My Health Record?

Your specialist letters provide a patient’s medical history for other healthcare providers to review. This could include information such as:

• the patient’s allergy status, management plan and any new medications commenced

• avoidance advice for a patient with confirmed drug (medication) allergy to ensure safer prescribing

• results of a food or drug (medication) challenge showing that a patient has been confirmed not allergic to a substance or agent.

When uploaded, your specialist letters will also be visible to your patient or their nominated representative. A patient can request that your letter is not uploaded; this is a good opportunity to discuss the benefits of having information about allergies available in My Health Record.