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How can My Health Record help me?

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My Health Record gives your healthcare team a clearer picture of your health, including:

  • information about your allergies

  • blood test results

  • medicines you are taking

  • other illnesses you have, and

  • information about any hospital stays.

Your healthcare professionals need to know this information to keep you safe and give you the best medical care and treatment.

In an emergency situation or if you or your child end up in hospital unexpectedly, it could be life saving for doctors to know about any serious allergies to medications, food, or substances you might be exposed to in hospital (e.g. latex).

This information needs to be easy for your healthcare professionals to find. Every healthcare professional can access My Health Record for this information. 

When you see lots of different healthcare professionals (such as specialists, your GP and allied health practitioners) your health information should be easily shared so that everyone knows about your allergy/ allergies.

Steps you can take to make sure My Health Record works for you 

  1. Check what information My Health Record has about your allergies (or your child’s allergies).

  2. If there are serious and life-threatening allergies missing, speak to your GP about adding a shared health summary.

  3. You can also add allergies and adverse reaction information to My Health Record yourself, in the personal health summary section. Read our fact sheet to learn how. Your healthcare providers will be able to view the information you add.

  4. Your clinical immunology/allergy specialist and other specialists can include information in an event summary or a specialist letter when you have a consultation with them.

 For more information about how to do Steps 1-4, go to:

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