MediRecords automatically detects whether or not the patient has registered for My Health Record (MHR). This tutorial will demonstrate how to check and access the patient's linked My Health Record.
To begin you will need to ensure that the patient has a Medicare number entered, the OPV check is successful and an IHI number is validated in order for My Health Record to work.
There are two options to Validate an IHI:
Option 1. Patient Grid
Option 2. Patient Record
Option 1. Patient Grid:
Follow these steps to validate a patient's Medicare number and IHI (Individual Healthcare Identifier).
- Click on Patients from the left-hand side Menu.
- Click the Tick-box next to the name of the patient.
- Click OPV to validate the patient's Medicare number (Medicare number needs to be entered and the OPV successful for the IHI number to automatically populate to a patient's record.
- Click More to reveal a drop-down list of Quick Actions.
- Click Validate IHI.
- MediRecords will validate the patient's IHI online.
- The patient's IHI has now been validated.
Option 2. Patient Record:
Follow these steps to validate a patient's Medicare number and IHI (Individual Healthcare Identifier).
- Open Patient Record.
- Under the Details tab click on Settings.
- Navigate to Medicare section and click OPV (Medicare number needs to be entered and OPV successful for the IHI number to automatically populate to a patient's record).Navigate to the Health Identifier section and click Validate.
4. Navigate to the Health Identifier section and Click Validate.
To access the patient's My Health Record:
2. Click on the Clinical tab.
3. Wait for the MHR Icon to appear.
MediRecords will automatically check whether or not My Health Record is active, and the level of access is determined by colour states - Blue, Orange or Green.
Green MHR Icon
When the MHR Icon in a patient's record appears green, this means that the patient has already granted the practice access to My Health Record, and no access code is required to access their records.
Click the MHR Icon to open My Health Record and you will immediately be granted access to be able to add or view documents within the patient's My Health Record.
Blue MHR Icon
When the MHR Icon in a patient's record appears blue, this means that the system was unable to detect whether or not the patient has a My Health Record. In some instances, the patient may have chosen to hide their My Health Record.
1. Click the MHR Icon to open the MHR Access form.
2. If the patient has assigned an access code to their My Health Record, click Access Code and type in the access code (typically 4 to 8 digits or characters), and click Gain Access.
3a. If the access to the My Health Record is granted, the MHR Icon will turn Green, and you will be able to add or view documents within the patient's My Health Record.
3b. If the record cannot be opened because the access code was incorrect, then the system will return with the My Health Record error code and message.
Orange MHR Icon
When the MHR Icon in a patient's record appears orange, this means that the system has detected that the patient has a My Health Record, and that an access code is required to access the record.
1. Click the MHR Icon to open the Access Code form.
2. Click Access Code and type in the access code (typically 4 to 8 digits or characters), and click Gain Access.
3a. If the access to My Health Record is granted, the MHR Icon will turn Green, and you will be able to add or view documents within the patient's My Health Record.
3b. If the record cannot be opened because the access code was incorrect, then the system will return with the My Health Record error code and message.
Requesting Emergency Access
If you need to access a patient's My Health Record in an emergency, click the Emergency Access button so that it becomes a Tick. Select a Reason from the list and click Gain Access.
*NOTE: My Health Record emergency access is regularly audited by the My Health Record system operator, and providers who access records outside of an emergency situation may be criminally prosecuted.
Once emergency access to the My Health Record is successfully granted, the MHR Icon will turn Green, and you will be able to add or view documents within the patient's My Health Record.