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Enduring Powers of Attorney,

Advance Health Directives

and My Health Record

Having completed an Enduring Power of Attorney and/or an Record to your MyGov account. Quite simply, once logged in, click
Advance Health Directive is one of the best moves you can make. on the tab that reads “Link Another Service” scroll down through
However, it would be all for nothing if no one has access to the the list until you find “My Health Record” and click on it. Because
document because ‘the copies are somewhere in the house and the Medicare is already linked to MyGov, My Health Record sets itself up
original is with the lawyer’s office, I think?’. automatically with your details.

This is where My Health Record steps in. My Health Record allows Once you have an account, My Health Record allows you to upload
you to upload these documents to an online portal where health copies of your EPOA’s, AHD’s, list emergency contact details and
care workers can log in and have immediate access. Avoiding the any allergies you may have and any medication you are currently
situation where the family is turning the house upside down and a taking. Further, it allows you to grant access to this information to
panicked phone call to the lawyers explaining the whole situation. other people, for example your appointed Attorneys.
Thanks to a certain pandemic, we are all reasonably familiar (in one Take the scenario where mum is elderly, she has taken a tumble and
way or another) with MyGov. We have endured linking Medicare knocked herself out, her three kids, who are also her Attorneys are
to MyGov and allowing access to those pesky proof of vaccination rushing around trying to get her in to see a doctor at the hospital.
certificates, getting the app to work, then doing it all over again for The nurse who is taking mum into the ward turns and asks, “Does
our parents and our kids. mum have an EPOA and or an AHD?” To which, you now have access
to all the critical information that the health care workers need via
This is actually 95% of what needs to be done to add My Health an app on your phone.

Joshua Zande is a Solicitor at Zande Law Solicitors, Suite 7, Norwinn Centre, 15 Discovery Drive,
North Lakes. To contact Joshua for advice, phone 3385 0999.
The information in this article is merely a guide and is not a full explanation of the law. This firm
cannot take responsibility for any action readers take based on this information. When making
decisions that could affect your legal rights, please contact us for professional advice.

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