Welcome to the second coming of My Health Record: the AusDoc interview
Doctors have long asked an existential question about My Health Record. Why does it exist? What is its clinical utility? It has now amassed 1.7…
Tag: My Health Record
Paternalism is bad but why do so many doctors expect me to mother my patients?
Sometimes we GPs can get quite attached to our patients. It’s probably no accident that many of us, having pursued a career based on helping…
RACGP updates guidance on chasing test results in anticipation of new My Health Record rule
Forcing pathology companies to send results to My Health Record will lead to more GPs being confronted with findings from tests they did not order,…
Path labs that don’t upload results to My Health Record will lose MBS rebates, Mark Butler warns
Medicare will take back rebates if imaging and pathology companies do not upload results to My Health Record in near real time, the Minister for…
A third of GPs ‘rarely or never use’ My Health Record for patient care
Figures showing that almost one in three GPs rarely use the multibillion-dollar My Health Record underline the desperate need for a Federal Government fix, the…
Exempt genetic test results if My Health Record seven-day rule scrapped, colleges say
Anatomical pathology, cytopathology and genetic tests should be excluded from a government plan to remove the seven-day delay on patients viewing results in My Health Record, medical…
Pathology company starts using My Health Record again after minister’s rebuke Â
Pathology company Healius has started uploading test results to My Health Record again, a week after it was accused of risking patient safety. Â Minister…
Doctors warn follow-up care at risk without My Health Record seven-day ‘lock’ on test results
Removing the seven-day lock on patients viewing pathology and imaging results in My Health Record could lead them to cancel follow-up appointments based on their…
The Govt still doesn’t know if the My Health Record has a ‘meaningful use’
Almost 608 million documents have been uploaded by patients and doctors.
Can computer alerts when patients fail to fill their scripts help GPs?
The hope is that this may prevent deterioration or relapse of patients with mental health conditions.
