The 670,000 or so consumers living within the boundaries of the North Queensland Primary Health Network (PHN) will receive a letter in the middle of March informing them that they're about to get a My Health Record created for them from the information held by Medicare.

Those who want to opt out of the system will have until May 27 to inform the PHN, but for those that want one, their records will be created and online by mid-June, and accessible by healthcare providers in mid-July.