Healthcare providers like doctors, pathologists, and pharmacists can add clinical documents to your record.
A clinical document contains information about your health and care. There are a wide range of clinical documents that can be added.
Glossary of terms
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event summary
A clinical document that may be uploaded to an individual’s My Health Record summarising one or more episodes of care.
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diagnostic imaging report
A diagnostic imaging (or radiology) report is primarily a written communication between the radiologist interpreting the imaging study (eg X-ray, MRI) and the clinician who requested the examination.
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pathology report
A pathology report contains the findings of test results on samples of body fluid/waste or tissue material. Doctors use this information to for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and other conditions.
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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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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.
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authorised representative
Someone who can apply for and manage a My Health Record on behalf of another person. For the purposes of the My Health Record system someone can be an authorised representative if they:• have parental responsibility for a person under 14; or• have legal authority to act on behalf of a person who is at least 14 and who is not capable of making his or her own decisions.If there is no one with parental responsibility or legal authority, a person who is otherwise appropriate to act on behalf of the individual can be an authorised representative. An individual can have more than one authorised representative.
