The Albanese Government is upgrading My Health Record to ensure that when Australians get a blood test or other diagnostic test, the results are uploaded to their My Health Record so the patient and their practitioner can see the result, quickly and automatically.
At the moment, only about half of pathology reports and just one in five diagnostic imaging reports are shared to My Health Record.
For the few results that are uploaded, patients usually have to wait seven days to view them.
These delays and missing test results are a barrier to good clinical practice, cause untold frustration for Australians, while also wasting scarce health system resources.
The Albanese Government will require pathology and diagnostic imaging reports to be uploaded to My Health Record by default.
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