The number of shared health summaries uploaded to the My Health Record has almost doubled in the last four months to a total of 585,433, with a combination of new practice incentive requirements for general practices, the recently completed opt-out trials in two primary health networks and organic growth the main drivers.

Figures provided by the Department of Health show that since shared health summary (SHS) uploads became a requirement of the eHealth Practice Incentive Payment (ePIP) beginning May 1, 2016, a total of 481,551 summaries have been uploaded.