26 October, 2020: The challenges of 2020 with bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated the need for accessible patient medical information at any time, and the Annual Report from the Australian Digital Health Agency shows that GPs and hospitals are increasingly sharing patient medical information by uploading and viewing documents in My Health Record.

Whether it was due to natural disaster or the COVID-19 lockdowns and closed state borders, many patients couldn’t see their hea…