ehealth
‘No paper, no repeats and no staples lying around.’
The first pharmacist in Australia to dispense an e-script shares his learnings from transitioning his pharmacy to the new electronic model Pharmacist Jason Bratuskins dispensed Australia’s first paperless electronic prescription …
March saw pre-Christmas script volume ‘three times over’
The COVID-19 crisis has sped up the e-scripts revolution in Australia and while pharmacists should be ready for the impending changes, “there’s no need to panic,” says expert E-prescriptions are …
SMBs targeted
A new report has found that small and medium businesses in Australia and New Zealand have the highest rate internationally of ransomware attacks IT provider Datto Inc announced the findings …
Prescriber details: no small matter
A pharmacy’s dispensing history was once a closed loop within the pharmacy walls… however today, with the advent of My Health Record and real time monitoring, the situation is very …
World news wrapup: 6 March 2019
New Zealand cough medicine reclassification gaffe; historic Dublin pharmacy asks for help; GP-pharmacist turf war heats up in Malaysia New Zealand: Pharmacies were not told that certain cough medicines had …
Health data breaches on the rise
A JAMA article has warned that while digital health records have potential to improve clinical care, they could also lead to vast patient harm if not properly secured Researchers from …
Is My Health Record secure?
While the perception that e-health records are not secure persists among many health professionals, we look at the measures that have been put in place over the past few years …
Health record ‘opt out’ trial a success
My Health Record should be opt out, says the Guild The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the success of the My Health Record trials which it says have confirmed …
My Health Record: What you need to know
Pharmacy has the greatest opportunity to benefit from this system, say Shane Jackson and Vicki Ibrahim from the Australian Digital Health Agency APP presenters Mr Jackson and Ms Ibrahim have …
eHealth move will improve coordinated care: PSA
The PSA has welcomed the Government’s move to encourage more Australians to use eHealth records to improve coordinated healthcare. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley today launched a new program for …
PSA urges Government: make better use of pharmacists
Integrating pharmacists into general practice clinics and better utilising the role of pharmacists in healthcare reform are cost-effective, sustainable solutions the Federal Government should consider for its May Budget, the …
Patient medication records should be mandatory in eHealth profiles
Medicines Australia has called on the Federal Government to make a patient’s medication records a mandatory inclusion in eHealth profiles to improve the safe use of medicines. The option has …