e-health
Get on board with technology
Pharmacists need to embrace the digital space or risk being left behind, says health IT expert Technology is changing the way pharmacy is practised, said eRx Script Exchange Partnerships Manager …
World news wrapup: 18 August 2016
We wrap up the week’s pharmacy news from around the world New York, US: A pharmacist has been found guilty of distributing black market HIV medications in a scam which …
Tim Kelsey to head Digital Health Agency
Tim Kelsey has been appointed as the CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency, which is responsible for all national digital health services and systems, with a focus on engagement, …
Electronic recording and reporting of controlled drugs needed now: Quilty
It’s time for a national system for the Electronic Recording and Reporting of Controlled Drugs, says Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty. Writing in this week’s edition of Guild newsletter …
eRx fills its billionth script
Australia has achieved a major milestone in patient safety, reaching one billion prescriptions dispensed electronically through eRx. Electronic transfer of prescriptions improves patient safety by increasing confidence that the correct medications are …
Reboot for troubled myHealth
The Abbott Government plans to deliver a rebooted personalised myHealth Record system for patients and doctors that will trial an opt-out, rather than opt-in, option as part of a $485 …