Purpose of this Act
3 Purpose of this Act
The purpose of this Act is to enable the safe and accurate exchange of information about healthcare and support services by:
assigning unique identifiers to healthcare providers and recipients; and
authorising the collection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers and identifying information by trusted entities for health, health‑related and health administration purposes; and
providing for a comprehensive Healthcare Provider Directory to facilitate communication between healthcare providers and manage information about healthcare and support services; and
providing for the making of data standards about health information and other clinical data.
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