17 July My Health Record can help Australians better manage their diabetes July 17, 2019 By Diabetes 0 National Diabetes Week is an opportunity to highlight how My Health Record is helping Australians living with diabetes by managing their important healthcare information in one secure place and supporting healthcare providers to deliver informed care for their patients. People with diabetes often visit many different healthcare providers as part of their ongoing care. My Health Record improves communication between these providers by ensuring they can all see the same information, including medicines, shared health summaries, specialist reports, allergies and test results. Please see the media release here Related Articles My Health Record – Australians to decide on a smarter and safer way to share their important healthcare information By the end of 2018, a My Health Record will be created for every Australian, unless they choose not to have one. If people choose not to have a My Health Record, they will be able to opt out of having one created for them during a three-month period, starting on Monday 16 July and ending on October 15 2018 PDF Download: My Health Record helps you help your patient: A Mental Health Case study A PDF document for the webinar, My Health Record helps you help your patient: A Mental Health Case study, by the Australian Digital health Agency on the 14 March, 2019 is now available for download. Australians can start using their new My Health Record today My Health Records are now available for those Australians who want one. My Health Record kits being distributed to Australian healthcare providers The Australian Digital Health Agency is pleased to announce nearly 20,000 My Health Record education kits are being distributed to healthcare providers and Australia Post offices across Australia. The kits will equip providers and Agency partners with information and resources to help them advise all Australians about My Health Record Increased use of My Health Record by healthcare providers A new trial service to help patients better manage their medication after they leave hospital will be launched at Box Hill in Victoria on 14 March 2019 Poor medication management during or immediately after a hospital stay is a risk factor in 28% of potentially avoidable hospital re-admissions within 30 days. DC MedsRec is a community pharmacy-based service for patients discharged from Box Hill Hospital with four or more medicines, designed to help reduce the risk of harm from dangerous drug interactions. Comments are closed.