You can decide which of your healthcare providers can view or update your My Health Record by setting a Record Access Code.
Glossary of terms
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record access code (RAC)
A code which can be used to restrict access to an individual’s My Health Record. The code is provided to a healthcare provider so that the healthcare organisation is granted access to an individual’s My Health Record.
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healthcare provider
A person who is involved in or associated with healthcare delivery. For the purposes of the My Health Record system, a healthcare provider is a person who has an HPI-I and is authorised by a registered healthcare provider organisation to access the My Health Record system on their behalf.
Note: this was previously referred to as ‘individual healthcare provider’
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My Health Record
The record of information created and maintained by the System Operator in relation to the individual, and information that can be obtained by means of that record, including the following:
• information that relates to the individual in the record relating to the individual’s registration;
• health information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, including information included in a record accessible through the index service;
• other information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, such as information relating to auditing access to the record; and
• back-up records of such information.
