My Health Record update for June No Images? Click here My Health Record Newsletter Update for GPs & Medical Specialists - June Edition (Please share this resource with your colleagues) WHAT'S NEW Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network will no longer auto-fax discharge summaries to GPs From 21 May at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead and 1 June at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, discharge summaries from SCHN will be sent electronically to GPs, HeatheNet and the My Health Record (MHR) via electronic messaging brokers Argus, Healthlink and Medical Objects. SCH will no longer auto-fax discharge summaries to GPs. Read more here. Organisation Readiness Checklist Publication The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has recently released a three page organisation readiness for MHR checklist for healthcare organisations, covering helpline contacts, awareness, information to register an organisation, configure software, policies and education and supporting information. Click here to download a copy. New e-Learning CPD accredited course for Nurses now available The ADHA in partnership with the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has released the new My Health Record in Nursing e-learning course. The course will support all nurses in understanding and using the My Health Record system. The course contains five modules: Each module has been endorsed by the ACN for CPD points. Note: New CPD-accredited modules for Allied Health and Pharmacy were also recently released and the GP (CPD accredited) and Hospital modules are also available. New Factsheets New factsheets for specialists, residential aged care, allied health and indigenous services have been released on the stakeholder material website to assist healthcare providers to use My Health Record (MHR) with their patients. New factsheets have also been released for nurses: Embedding My Health Record in General Practice Resource The Agency has produced a PowerPoint slide deck: ‘Embedding My Health Record in General Practice’, outlining roles and responsibilities for staff along with some user journey scenarios. The workflows have been created in editable templates to allow customisation, that can be accessed here. Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) PSML is set be a new feature of the MHR system, with the aim of enhancing medicines safety. Accessed through the medicines information view of MHR, it is a pharmacist-written, reconciled list detailing both prescription and non-prescription medicines (including over the counter and complementary medicines) taken by patients with chronic conditions. It represents what the patient is known to be taken at the time it was created by the pharmacist. According to the latest draft of PSA MHR guidelines, PSMLs can be created based on different sources such as a reconciled hospital discharge medicines list, dose administration aid medicines list, and after providing a professional service such as a Meds Check, Home Medicines Review or Residential Medication Management Review. See the guidelines here. The second half of this year will see a pilot implementation into hospital pharmacies and community pharmacies and it is not anticipated to be widely accessible until next year. SA Pathology South Australian (SA) Pathology has recently gone live and commenced uploading to MHR. SA Pathology will upload reports from tests requested in hospital, including outpatients and also by GPs and private specialists. 50% of SA Pathology work is externally referred and they have collection centres state-wide. SA consumers will be able to take any request form to a SA Pathology collection centre and their report will be uploaded to MHR. The only other place in Australia where this is possible is in Brisbane if consumers select Mater Pathology. MHR helps Australia prep for record flu season Emergency doctor and epidemiologist Dr Andrew Jeremijenko explains why, this flu season, it is more important than ever that clinicians have access to up-to-date patient medical information. “MHR enables communication to flow, ensuring all Australians can have a proactive conversation with their clinician about the flu vaccine. MHR allows doctors to see if the patients have had the vaccine or not, and if they fit the high risk groups they can strongly recommend the vaccine.” Read more here. MHR – a vital tool in Asthma Management For healthcare providers assisting patients with asthma management, MHR is a vital tool providing access to more information, improving visibility on the patient’s dispensed medications and shared health summary. Read more here. Avant-Mutual Medical Indemnity Medico-legal MHR FAQ Avant -Mutual has developed a My Health Record FAQs page as guidance for GPs, that can be accessed here. Private Specialist Sector Review & Survey The ADHA has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (Australia) to review the private specialist sector landscape and develop an understanding of the key opportunities and barriers around driving further adoption of My Health Record (MHR). This online survey seeks to gain a better understanding of private practice workflows and the views of specialists and practice staff towards MHR. All survey responses will remain anonymous and this survey will take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Seeking My Health Record Champions - consumers and healthcare providers Now that most Australians have a My Health Record, the Agency is looking to produce a suite of case study videos which demonstrate clear benefits of use. They are looking for both consumers and healthcare providers who have experienced a real benefit from using My Health Record. GOOD NEWS STORIES 7 May 2019: Thuy Ann Vuong (Engagement Program Lead – My Health Record, CESPHN) presenting on the benefits of My Health Record for children to over 120 parents who attended the Starting School Forum in Rose Bay Secondary College. 9 May 2019: Katrina Otto (Managing Director & Owner, Train IT Medical) providing a hands-on, small group learning session to GPs, practice managers and practice staff on improving data quality in the practice. 28 May 2019: Marina Fulcher (Senior Clinical Reference Lead, Australian Digital Health Agency) presenting at our MHR networking workshop for healthcare providers. A representative from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers was also present to cover specific medico-legal issues. EDUCATION RESOURCES (Previous webinars) My Health Record for Aged Care This webinar for aged care professionals working in residential aged care or community aged care sectors included the following learning outcomes:
For your reference: Presentation slides: click here to download My Health Record & Pathology This webinar outlined what is being introduced in the pathology sector in relation to the My Health Record system, including the uploading of reports, the consent framework and design. It also covered what are the benefits for those working in the sector as well as
current diagnostic connections. Presentation slides: click here to download REMINDERS The Australian Digital Health Agency is facilitating a national conversation to develop a blueprint for a more modern, digitally connected health system. Please complete the survey “Better Connections: Your health, your say” before it expires on 14 June. Support your patients The My Health Record website has a page with links to a range of resources including videos, brochures and fact sheets that have been developed to help you support your patients. MHR & Pathology results If your patient has a MHR, pathology reports could be uploaded by the pathology laboratory and made available for patient viewing seven days after. This gives clinicians time to review the report and if necessary, contact the patient to discuss the results prior. There is also a link to Lab Tests online available in the MHR consumer view of results to help explain pathology results, but patients should not be contacting pathology lab themselves to explain the results. UPCOMING WEBINARS Webinar: MHR for Practice Nurses – Improving continuity of care for your patients
Note: Registrations for this webinar will close 24 hours prior to the event. A copy of the presentation will be made available following the event to individuals who have registered to attend the webinar. FINAL MY HEALTH RECORD WORKSHOPS CESPHN will be holding 2 final workshops on My Health Record this month. If you have not attended these before, it is highly recommended that you attend and RSVP as soon as possible – do not miss out! My Health Record and Data Quality in your Practice The workshop will focus around My Health Record usage and application using Best Practice and Medical Director, as well as draw upon other topics such as 5th Edition Standards or QI PIP and data extraction tools. Presenter: Katrina Otto, Managing Director and Owner at Train IT Medical
This workshop will explore the My Health Record system and its medico-legal aspects to enable GPs, medical specialists, pharmacists and allied health professionals to confidently use the system. It will also allow opportunity for networking and questions. CPD points can be self-recorded. Presenter: Australian Digital Health Agency & guest presenter Patricia Marinovic from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Previous newsletter editions Previous newsletter editions can be accessed on our website here under ‘New features and news’. Central and Eastern Sydney PHN |