Healthcare providers will be forced to upload key health information to My Health Record by default after laws designed to improve the utility of the national digital health platform passed parliament.
A bill which makes Medicare rebates for providers conditional upon pathology and diagnostic imaging reports being shared to the system passed both houses of parliament on Wednesday night.
The move by the federal government to make data more accessible follows a report that found the need for more timely access to key health information for patients and their health care providers.
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