Accessing your patient’s clinical information

Health Information Services are responsible for the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of patient information, in both paper and scanned/ electronic format.

Northern Health uploads patient discharge summaries and pathology results to My Health Record. Before you contact the Health Information Services team please check the patient’s My Health Record.  For more information on how to do this please click here.

How to request your patient’s Information:

GP- Nominated as GP on patient’s record with Northern Health                                                      

Email: ROI@nh.org.au

Fax: 8405 8007 (request must be on clinic letterhead)

GP-Not nominated as GP on patient’s record with Northern Health

Email: ROI@nh.org.au (request must be on clinic’s letterhead with patients signed consent)

Fax: 8405 8007 (request must be on clinic’s letterhead with patient’s signed consent)

 

The Release of Information unit is open Monday-Friday 8am-4.00pm.

For further information please contact the Release of Information Team on Tel: 8405 8180

 

National Health Services Directory

Northern Hospital obtain all contact information about GP’s from the NHSD, if any of your practice’s details change (eg, phone, fax, address or providers), please contact the National Health Services Directory (NHSD) and update your details.