THE success of the My Health Record trials has confirmed the overwhelming benefits of the 'opt out' model involving automatic creation of patient records.The formal evaluation of the trials, published last week, has recommended that the Federal Government proceed to a national opt-out approach - a recommendation which is fully supported by the Guild. The opt-out trials were conducted in the Northern Queensland PHN, and in the Nepean Blue Mountains PHN, with community pharmacists among the healthcare providers who took part.
The Guild has long supported an opt-out model for My Health Record as the clearest path to meaningful use of a national digital health record system.
An opt-out model will provide a greater opportunity to further realise community pharmacies' digital health potential within the patient-centric care model.
The Pharmacy Guild has been working with the Australian Digital Health Agency to explore ways to maximise the utilisation of community pharmacy as a vital component in the My Health Record system.
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