You can choose to control access to documents in your My Health Record, such as shared health summaries, test results or hospital discharge summaries.
Glossary of terms
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My Health Record
The record of information created and maintained by the System Operator in relation to the individual, and information that can be obtained by means of that record, including the following:
• information that relates to the individual in the record relating to the individual’s registration;
• health information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, including information included in a record accessible through the index service;
• other information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, such as information relating to auditing access to the record; and
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healthcare provider
A person who is involved in or associated with healthcare delivery. For the purposes of the My Health Record system, a healthcare provider is a person who has an HPI-I and is authorised by a registered healthcare provider organisation to access the My Health Record system on their behalf.
Note: this was previously referred to as ‘individual healthcare provider’
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limited document access code (LDAC)
A code (4-8 alphanumeric characters) that an individual can provide to healthcare providers so that they can access documents marked as Restricted in the individual’s My Health Record.
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nominated representative
A representative who is provided access to a My Health Record by the individual or the individual’s authorised representative. A nominated representative can view your health information. A nominated representative with read-only access is not required to provide any evidence of identity to the System Operator.
