MORE than 20% of Australia's population is now registered for a My Health Record, according to the Department of Health.
Over 4.91 million people (out of Australia's 23.8 million) now have a My Health Record, with an average of one new registration being created every 38 seconds.
Of the registrants, 54% are female and 46% male, while there are 9,879 connected healthcare providers including GPs, hospitals, pharmacies, aged care residential services and allied health providers.
Already 9,358,625 prescription and dispense records and more than two million clinical documents have been uploaded - see all the stats at myhealthrecord.gov.au.
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