If you would like to learn how to use My Health Record but not sure where to start, you can join one of the virtual classroom sessions being offered by the Australian Digital Health Agency during February and March 2021.

These one hour sessions are aimed at Specialists, GPs, Practice Managers and Practice Nurses who want to use My Health Record more effectively in routine practice.

Which session should you join?

If you are using one of the following Clinical Information Systems (CIS) you can join one of the following sessions.

Clinical Information Sessions Dates	Link to Sessions
Best Practice
14 Sessions from 15 February to 31 March	Sessions
MedicalDirector
12 sessions from 15 February to 30 March	Sessions
Genie
7 sessions from 16 February to 30 March	Sessions
Zedmed
7 Sessions from 17 February to 31 March	Sessions
Communicare
6 Sessions from 18 February to 23 March	Sessions

These sessions will be tailored to the specific practice software and the instructor will use a software simulator to demonstrate how to:

• access a patient’s My Health Record via conformant software;
• use filters to find documents;
• view documents and overviews;
• enter access codes for patients with protected documents/records;
• upload documents to My Health Record; and
• ensure appropriate security and access governance mechanisms are in place.

If you do not currently have access to conformant clinical software, you can join the session about National Provider Portal (NPP) access to My Health Record. 

Provider Portal (NPP)
National Provider Portal (view only)	7 Sessions from 17 February to 31 March	Sessions

These sessions will demonstrate how to:

• log onto the Provider Portal via PRODA
• use filters to find documents
• view documents and overviews
• enter access codes for patients with protected documents/records
• download documents to your local system; and
• ensure appropriate security and access governance mechanisms are in place.

There are also sessions on compliance requirements and data quality that may be of interest to clinical immunology/allergy specialists working in private practice.

Practice Managers
Compliance requirements for accessing MHR	14 Sessions from 16 February to 1 April	Sessions
Data Quality
Consistent data quality: ensuring clinical safety standards for your organisation	10 sessions from 9 March to 31 March	Sessions

For more information on other session times or for follow up My Health Record support for your practice contact education@digitalhealth.gov.au.

For more information about this project or any queries, please contact National Allergy Strategy staff: nas@allergy.org.au

Kind regards,

Dr William Smith and Ms Karen Wong
Project Co-leads, National Allergy Strategy MHR Project

The National Allergy Strategy is a partnership between the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) in collaboration with other stakeholders.

The National Allergy Strategy is working with the Australian Digital Health Agency to improve the quality of patient allergy information in My Health Record. More information is available at  nationalallergystrategy.org.au/projects/australian-digital-health-agency.