What does the Healthcare Identifiers Service mean for Australians?
The Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service is a national system for uniquely identifying healthcare providers and individuals. The healthcare identifiers will help ensure individuals and providers can have confidence the right information is associated with the right individual at the point of care. As part of the service, every Australian resident will be allocated a unique 16 digit IHI number. You don’t need to remember or do anything with your IHI. It has been created to be used by healthcare providers to improve the security and efficient management of your personal health information. The HI Service allocates three types of healthcare identifiers: • Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) – for individuals receiving healthcare services; • Healthcare Provider Identifier – Individual (HPI-I) – for healthcare professionals involved in providing patient care; and • Healthcare Provider Identifier – Organisation (HPI-O) – for organisations that deliver healthcare (such as hospitals or healt
The Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service is a national system for uniquely identifying healthcare providers and individuals. The healthcare identifiers will help ensure individuals and providers can have confidence the right information is associated with the right individual at the point of care. As part of the Service, every Australian resident is allocated a unique 16 digit IHI number. You don’t need to remember or do anything with your IHI. It has been created to be used by healthcare providers to improve the security and efficient management of your personal health information. The HI Service allocates three types of healthcare identifiers: • Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) – for individuals receiving healthcare services; • Healthcare Provider Identifier – Individual (HPI-I) – for healthcare professionals involved in providing patient care; and • Healthcare Provider Identifier – Organisation (HPI-O) – for organisations that deliver healthcare (such as hospitals or healthcare
