Shared Digital Health Record

We are expanding the information available to your doctors and other healthcare providers, no matter where you are in Aotearoa New Zealand. We are doing this through a new health information connector called the Shared Digital Health Record. Having this access to your information will help healthcare providers give you the best treatment and care, where and when you need it.

For example, if you are away from home and need urgent medical care, your healthcare provider will be able to see your important health information, such as:

• any allergies to medicines that you may have
• your medical conditions.

Health information sharing already happens in some regions. We are making sure it happens consistently across the country, so your health information can follow you wherever you go.

There are strong privacy and security controls in place to protect your health information and monitor who accesses it.