My Health Record for Medical Specialist Practice: optimising patient care

Is your practice registered for My Health Record? This session is aimed at Specialists and their Practice Managers to understand My Health Record benefits for patients and practice team.

Learn how My Health Record is designed to provide you with better access to key health information to support you in caring for your patients. Topics discussed will be :-

• Benefits for specialists and patients

• Key functionalities

• Use in private practice

• Uploading specialist letter

• Getting connected

• Useful resources

Speaker Bio:

Samar Omar is a Digital Health Educator at the Australian Digital Health Agency with over 10 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry, including roles as a Pharmacist Manager, Locum Pharmacist and an Aged Care Pharmacist. She is passionate about implementing the use of digital health technologies across multiple healthcare settings to optimise patient health outcomes. 

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this session, you will be able to 

• Identify what is my health record and how you can use it in your practice

• Identify the benefits of using My Health Record for your patients and your team

• Interpret the clinical information available in My Health Record

• Develop policies that are required in your practice

• Describe how to best include My Health Record in your workflow