The Australian Digital Health Agency has promised to help 80 per cent of community pharmacies to connect to the My Health Record by the end of the 2018-19 financial year, with a plan to have 95 per cent connected by 2020-21.

The agency was allocated $219 million in operating expenses for the 2018-19 financial year in yesterday's federal budget, with an equity injection of $37.5m for a total of $256.8 million.