You and your doctors will now be able to access information from different health care providers in one place. Many health care providers are involved in the pilot, including family doctors (GPs), hospital doctors and nurses and other health professionals providing care at community health centres.

A major benefit is that participating health care providers will be able to see the same record. Your Healthelink record gives you a simple way to access important information from all of your participating health care facilities free of charge.

If you're in Healthelink you will be able to share in decision making about your health care, and the system may even help you keep track of your medicines, allergies and the date of your next appointment. You can access your electronic health record securely over the Internet, or give access to someone else, like your husband or wife, carer, son or daughter, so they can help you look after your health. You can also get a paper copy of your record by calling us on 1800 75 22 66.

Healthelink allows you and your health care providers to access the same information from the same place, no matter where the information was generated from

Timely access to information helps health care providers make better decisions about you

Healthelink is updated regularly and is easily accessible on the Internet. This means that health care providers can access information quickly, when it’s needed

Healthelink connects your health care between the public and private health sectors by allowing health care providers to easily share health information

You can view information about your own health and care through the Internet. This will help you better understand your own health issues

Health care providers will have a dependable source of information. This will take the burden off you to remember all the details of your medical history

You can allow important people in your life to access your electronic health record

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