How do I configure my practice to use My Health Record?

To configure your Practice for My Health Record, you would have already have registered for a PRODA

( Provider Digital Access ) Account, - https://proda.humanservices.gov.au 

 

Prerequisites required for to connect your practice to My Health Record:

1. A copy of your practice's Health Identifier (HI) certificate and passphrase
2. A copy of the Healthcare Organisation (HPI-O) certificate and passphrase
3. If you do not have both of these certificates, you will need to apply for new certificates or arrange for a re-issue.

This is completed through your PRODA account, on HPOS (Health Professional online Services).

Follow these steps to configure your practice to use My Health Record:

1. Click More to reveal a drop-down list
2. Click Settings
3. Click Configuration Settings
4. Click the Practice Name
5. Click Health Identifier 
6. Click Certificate Pass-Phrase and type in your Health Identifier certificate pass-phrase
7. Upload your My Health Record certificate - click Select File to open a file explorer window
8. Navigate to the location of the certificate (typically stored on a CD, which was provided by Medicare)
9. Click on the name of the certificate (called fac_sign.p12), and click Select or OK
10. Click Save to apply the changes
    
11. Once the file has been saved, the Certificate Alias Name and Expiry Date will be automatically be populated to the form
12. Click eHealth
13. Click Certificate Pass-Phrase and type in your My Health Record pass-phrase
14. Upload your My Health Record certificate - click Select File to open a file explorer window
15. Navigate to the location of the certificate (typically stored on a CD, which was provided by Medicare)
16. Click on the name of the certificate (called pac_sign.p12), and click Select or OK
17. Click Upload File
18. Click Save to apply the changes
    
19. Once the file has been uploaded, the HPI-O No., Certificate Alias Name and Expiry Date will be automatically be populated to the form

Your practice is now configured to use My Health Record.

*Note: Individual doctors and providers must also have their HPI-I numbers recorded against their user profile in MediRecords before they can connect to My Health Record. If doctors do not have their HPI-I number recorded, then they will not have access to My Health Record.