The Australian Digital Health Agency has reported that its My Health Record scheme has reached a 90 per cent take up by the Australian public.
In its annual report, the Agency says 523 million health record documents were uploaded to the system between February and June this year.
Chief Executive of the Agency, Tim Kelsey said the report showed “significant progress toward the key priorities set out in the National Digital Health Strategy, endorsed by all State and Territory Governments through the Council of Australian Government (COAG) Health Council”.
Mr Kelsey said the report also showed the Agency had developed a national framework and new interoperability standards to ensure health professionals could securely and quickly send patient information to one another.
“We have facilitated consultations across every State and Territory to lay the foundation for Australia’s next Interoperability Roadmap, which will set the direction for improving the ability of health systems to securely communicate with one another,” Mr Kelsey said.
“Today, My Health Record is a fundamental feature of Australia’s health infrastructure, with a total of 1.5 billion documents in the system.”
He said that important strides had also been made in a range of other areas, such as supporting secure messaging and information exchange between healthcare providers.
“These types of accomplishments are improvements in themselves, but they also provide the foundations for future progress,” Mr Kelsey said.
The Agency’s 139-page annual report can be accessed at this PS News link.
