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Why use My Health Record?

My Health Record can give members of a patient’s healthcare team access to health information that can support them in caring for their patients. This may include clinical immunology/ allergy specialists, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and allied health practitioners such as dietitians. Getting access to information about a patient’s serious allergies (including food and medication allergies) is an important part of keeping patients safe.

As well as allergy information, a patient's My Health Record might also contain:

  • Immunisation information

  • Pathology results

  • Diagnostic imaging reports

  • Prescription and dispensing information

  • Hospital discharge summaries

Most healthcare professionals can use the software on their computer to upload an event summary or specialist letter to their patient’s My Health Record. They can also add test results, current allergies, management plans, allergen immunotherapy or other treatments.  To learn more about the suitability of your computer’s software,view the Conformant clinical software products.

If you are a clinical immunology/allergy specialist or  other healthcare professional working in allergy, click on the following links to learn more about how to get started and use My Health Record to support your patients with allergy.

Fact sheets

My Health Record FAQs

Use cases

These allergy scenarios have been put together to show how My Health Record could be used for patients with allergic conditions.


Webinars

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Webinar – An overview of My Health Record for Clinical immunology/allergy specialists

On 16 June 2020 Dr Kathy Rainbird (Australian Digital Health Agency) and Dr William Smith (Clinical immunology/allergy specialist) hosted a Webinar to provide practical advice on how to register and upload to My Health Record.

You can also view the Webinar slides Webinar – An overview of My Health Record for Clinical immunology/allergy specialists.

My Health Record for allergy communication - Presentation recording 

On 14 November 2020 Dr William Smith (Clinical immunology/allergy specialist) and Dr Kathy Rainbird (Australian Digital Health Agency) gave a joint presentation about the benefits of My Health Record for allergy communication at the ASCIA Western Australian Immunology hybrid meeting.

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Uploading allergy information to My Health Record - Presentation recording

On 31 March 2022 Dr William Smith (Clinical immunology/allergy specialist) and Dr Kathy Rainbird (Australian Digital Health Agency) gave a 30 minute presentation about how to upload allergy information to My Health Record directly from your clinical software. The webinar includes a step-through demonstration of uploading an event summary and specialist letter using Genie software. This webinar is relevant to specialists using a range of conformant clinical software products.

eLearning modules

Learn more about digital health and using My Health Record by completing these eLearning modules hosted by the Australian Digital Health Agency. Click on the topic that is of interest to you below to register and complete a course. You can complete as many courses as you like. RACP CPD Participants can earn CPD credits (1 credit per hour) in the Educational Activities, Category 1 for the time they spend on these modules

Podcasts

Hear advice from health professionals using My Health Record on how it can optimise care for patients with allergies.  

Speakers: Hosted by Dr Andrew Rochford, with Dr Aaron Chambers (community GP), Maria Said (Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia), Dr Dean Tey (Paediatric Allergist and Immunologist) and Dr Charlotte Hespe (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Board).

For your patients

The National Allergy Council encourages people with an allergy (and their carers) to add information about serious and life-threatening allergies, if this information is missing in their My Health Record. We have developed the following guides in consultation with ASCIA members on the Working Group and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia. If your practice or hospital clinical information system does not currently upload patient information into My Health Record, you can support your patients to add the information themselves by providing them with a copy of these guides.

Getting set up with My Health Record: A guide for people with an allergy and their carers. Your patients will need to take these steps to set up their My Health Record before they can add allergy information. 

How to add allergy information into My Health Record: A guide for people with an allergy and their carers provides step-by-step instructions to correctly enter, view and update their allergy information (if they have been confirmed not allergic). There is a section for their doctor or specialist to write the substance and reaction type, so they know the correct wording to add.


My Health Record apps 

Your patients can securely view the health information in their record through the My Health App. This includes allergies, medicines, immunisations as well as COVID-19 pathology results.

Electronic Prescriptions

Your patients can choose to have their prescription sent to their mobile phone instead of receiving a paper prescription. They can also set up an Active Script List which lists all of their prescriptions on their mobile phone. For more information on electronic prescriptions and Active Script Lists, please click on the link below.


Further reading for health professionals

Content updated May 2023

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