Western Health is expanding their Electronic Medical Record in 2023.
What is an Electronic Medical Record?
An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is an electronic version of a patient’s paper medical record.
Your healthcare team will enter your health information into their computer as they care for you.
How does the EMR affect me?
EMR information is up to date, easy to read and instantly accessible by your healthcare team, enabling us to provide timely diagnosis and treatment.
Multiple healthcare professionals can access a patient record at the same time allowing greater co-ordination of care.
The EMR has built in alerts and warnings to ensure the staff looking after you have the right information at the right time.
A positive patient experience is at the centre of everything we do at Western Health so we are excited to be on this journey to further improve upon our excellence in patient care.
Who can access my Western Health EMR?
Only the staff involved in your care can access your record so your information remains private and secure.
After your hospital visit, a summary of your care is sent to your local doctor so they can continue to care for you.
Is this the same as My Health Record?
No, My Health Record is managed by the Australian Government. When you go home after your stay, information from the Western Health EMR can be sent to your My Health Record, if you are registered for one. See digitalhealth.gov.au to register.
What is in place to secure information in the EMR?
Western Health is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the personal information (including health and other sensitive information) that it collects and uses.
Our Information Privacy Policy contains more specifics about how we handle your personal information, your rights of access and how to contact us.
When is this EMR expansion happening?
Western Health first implemented an EMR in late 2018. The next round of improvements to the EMR will be launched in 2023.
An expert EMR support team will guide our healthcare professionals through this expansion. This team can be identified by their blue tops which state EMR SUPER USER or DIGITAL HEALTH TEAM on the back.
Further EMR project phases are being planned and will be launched over the coming years.
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EMR Phase 2.1 Patient Postcard – Arabic
EMR Phase 2.1 Patient Postcard – Burmese
EMR Phase 2.1 Patient Postcard – English
EMR Phase 2.1 Patient Postcard – Simplified Chinese
EMR Phase 2.1 Patient Postcard – Vietnamese
