Create a My Health Record

Create a My Health Record to store a patient's health data.

Procedure

  1. Open the patient's clinical record.
  2. Locate the Health Summary panel and click My Health Record.
    My Health Record example
  3. In the My Health Record panel, to create a new Shared Health Summary, click Create.
    Shared Health Summary example
  4. If any Allergies/Adverse Reactions, Medications, Medical History or Immunisations are present for this patient, that item is selected and the details listed.
    • Select information to include in the health record.
    • To deselect all options in a section, click None Supplied .
    • To minimise a section, click Caret.
  5. Read the three statements at the bottom of the panel.
  6. Select from the following options:

    Send the health summary to a recipient. A Send as SMD section displays.


    Send as SMD example

    Enter a recipient and location.

    Click Send to send it to the recipient or

    Click Send & Upload to send and upload the Shared Health Summary.

    The sent summary is added to the practitioner's SMD Outbox. The practitioner who receives the health summary will see it in their Inbox.
    Preview View the Shared Health Summary before sending or uploading it.
    Upload Upload the Shared Health Summary. It is added to the list on the View panel.

Results

The new Shared Health Summary is displayed in the Actions section with a status (sent, failed or delivered).
Actions section with status example

What to do next

When the consult is complete, the health summary moves from the Actions section to the Patient Timeline.
Patient Timeline showing Shared Health Summary

A read-only copy of the health summary can be opened from the Actions and Patient Timeline.