From 1 July 2012 members of the public will be able to apply for their Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR). Now is the time for practices to start preparing for the time when patients will arrive requesting their PCEHR.
The national Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service helps to identify people and organisations involved in healthcare across Australia through the allocation of a unique number (healthcare identifier) to each individuals and healthcare providers.
The HI Service allocates three types of Healthcare Identifiers:
1. Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
2. Healthcare Provider Identifier - Individual (HPI-I)
3. Healthcare Provider Identifier - Organisation (HPI-O)
For more information: Healthcare Identifiers Service - September 2011
Introduction to eHealth
eHealth provides the patient and the healthcare provider access to an electronic health summary and the ability consolidate an individuals health information and management. The ability to access a patient’s health information in this way is protected by Privacy Legislation.
