My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care released by Australian Digital Health Agency and Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council at Aged Care Digital & Technology Transformation Forum in Sydney.  

Australian Digital Health Agency Laura Toyne and Paul Creech presented at the Aged Care Digital & Technology Transformation Forum in Sydney (May 2023). During their presentation, they launched the My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care.

This comes as they work towards supporting aged care providers to adopt My Health Record into their service delivery as part of delivering the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission called for the universal adoption of digital technology and My Health Record (recommendation 68).

To develop the My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care, the Australian Digital Health Agency established an Aged Care Working Group formed with Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (ACIITC), Allied Health Professionals Australia (AHPA), Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) and Australian Nursing Midwifery Foundation (ANMF) in early 2021 to assist with the uptake of My Health Record in Aged Care. This group, led by ACIITC, developed the My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care.

The My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care launched today can be accessed on the ACIITC website visit https://www.aciitc.com.au/my-health-record-guidelines-for-aged-care/ to download.

ACIITC and Australian Digital Health Agency provided opportunities to gain an overview of the My Health Record Guidelines for Residential Aged Care and how the guidelines can be implemented in service delivery to help achieve recommendation 68. To review the recordings of these events, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_VDTZYHJFpSXaGqNRjxHw

If you are interested in the above project and would like more information, contact ACIITC via email at secretariat@aciitc.com.au.