DIGITAL Australian health records database My Health Record (MHR) now has records for 90% of the population and has a total of 1.5 billion documents in the system, according to the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) 2018--19 Annual Report tabled in parliament.
The report covers the period 01 Jul 2018 to 30 Jun 2019.
ADHA CEO, Tim Kelsey said, "The 2018--19 Annual Report shows the Agency is making 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".
Among the key achievements Kelsey highlighted was the development of a national framework, and new interoperability standards, to ensure health professionals can securely and quickly send patient information to one another without using a fax machine.
The agency also released the Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) document type to further improve medicines safety, piggybacking on the success of the Medicines View document and its aggregation of all relevant medicines and allergy data in a single, real-time view, Kelsey added.
"We've made important strides in a range of other areas, such as supporting secure messaging and information exchange between healthcare providers."
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