3Purpose 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: (a) assigning unique identifiers to healthcare providers and recipients; and (b) authorising the collection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers and identifying information by trusted entities for health, health‑related and health administration purposes; and (c) providing for a comprehensive Healthcare Provider Directory to facilitate communication between healthcare providers and manage information about healthcare and support services; and (d) providing for the making of data standards about health information and other clinical data.