e-prescribing
‘Medications still need to be physically dispensed’
Community pharmacists say e-prescribing is convenient and easy to use – but managing patient expectations on dispensing time can be a barrier Community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across the world …
Seizing the opportunity
The pandemic has given opportunities to expand the scope of pharmacy practice, but lack of representation and ambiguity about pharmacists’ role remain obstacles The pandemic has presented a number of …
Seizing the moment
The pandemic provides the opportunity for pharmacy to retain some of its new areas of practice, and to play a greater role in monitoring supply shortages Pharmacy has the chance …
First active script list launched in Australia
My Script List provides pharmacies with a complete digital list of a patient’s current prescriptions and repeats Fred IT Group has launched Australia’s first digital script list, called My Script …
‘Age is no barrier.’
Eastern Melbourne has seen an e-prescribing trial take off between a local general practice and a local pharmacy The COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked the health sector’s uptake of electronic prescribing, …
Lockdown sees e-script boost
More than 400,000 original electronic scripts have now been created in Australia, driven by rapid uptake in Melbourne and Victoria over the past six weeks The volume of e-prescriptions being …
‘Pharmacists must remain vigilant.’
Pharmacists should critically examine all electronic scripts for forgery or fraud to ensure lawful supply, particularly for S4s and S8s, says Authority Victoria has enabled the national electronic prescribing framework …
E-scripts being expanded across Melbourne
Pharmacies in the greater Melbourne region with software capability can now commence dispensing e-prescriptions, the Australian Digital Health Agency has announced While previous communications stated electronic prescriptions should only be …
E-scripts in Qld given green light
Queensland is the final state in Australia to pass the requisite legislation, with national e-prescribing now set to become a reality New legislation allowing electronic prescriptions to be used as …
First e-script dispensed in South Australia
E-scripts are officially rolling out in the state and, meanwhile, amendments to emergency response legislation have recognised the importance of keeping pharmacy staff safe TerryWhite Chemmart Old Reynella has become …
Are you ready for e-prescribing?
No matter how small you are, technology makes you mighty, writes Megan Kazantzis E-prescribing is one of the largest and most significant changes the industry has experienced since the computerisation …
‘Tassie is joining the brigade of e-scripts.’
E-scripts are being successfully dispensed at community pharmacies in Launceston One of Tasmania’s first e-prescriptions was dispensed at TerryWhite Chemmart Prospect Vale in Launceston last week, the Pharmacy Guild Tasmanian …