Narromine residents are invite to register for a Personally Controlled Electronic eHealth Record at a registration day tomorrow at the Narromine Shire Family Health Centre at 9am.
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Western NSW Medical Local (WML) will be helping and registering community members for a free eHealth record and the doctors will be able to upload a summary of their health information into the system.
Any visitors can attend the registration day and get an eHealth record and have their own GP upload their health summary later.
A eHealth record is an electronic summary of a patient’s key health information drawn on existing patient records.
Information can be uploaded by an authorised healthcare professional which is typically a person’s regular GP. Information that can be uploaded includes medications, test results, discharge summaries, allergies and details of any immunisations.
The centre doctors see the benefits of the Narromine community registering for an eHealth record according to Dr Kumara Mendis, GP at the Narromine Shire Family Medical Centre.
“Having a central online location where patents can control and access all their health information is a great advantage for the public and doctors in the community. Doctors will be able to see their patients’ medical history and test results from all the different health services that the patient visits,” he said. “This registration day will help anyone in the community take ownership of their medical history.”
Deputy CEO at WML, Stephen Jackson said the team had been promoting meaningful use of the eHealth record system across the region.
“WML is working with local general practice, specialists and pharmacies to assist them in registering their patients in the eHealth records,” he said. “We have been focusing on general health practitioners comfortable with the system until recently, but now shifting to get the general public on board.”
WML will be using the ‘Assisted Registration Tool’, a program which allows the eHealth team to promote and activate eHealth records for the public at community events and road shows.
“This tool enables WML staff to guide the public through the process of registration and activation of their own eHealth record. We have also been promoting the eHealth record through other WML services and community events such as the GP After Hours clinic, the Connecting Care Program, Western Interagency Expo and Orange Field Days, with many more events on the horizon,” Mr Jackson said.
WML staff will be on site in the practice from 9am on tomorrow morning to register community members for an eHealth record in what is a 10 minute quick and easy process.
No GP appointments are needed to register for a free eHealth record. All community members, not just patients of the practice, are welcome to register themselves for an eHealth record. To find out more information forms are available at the practice reception.
