Woman's Overdose Death Sparks Medicine Record Changes

GPs applaud medicine changes to My Health Record

Australia’s peak body for general practitioners has applauded incoming reforms that will, for the first time, give patients, GPs, and other prescribers a complete picture of a patient’s medicines history.

Woman's overdose death sparks medicine record changes

Sweeping reforms to create online medicine records has filled a grieving mum with hope after she campaigned for change over losing her daughter to an overdose.

Telehealth doctors missed warning signs when Erin kept asking for medication

The tragic death of a young Melbourne woman who was stockpiling medication has prompted the federal health minister to move to change the way prescriptions are recorded.

National medicines record to capture all scripts - Medical Republic

The commonwealth-led effort to stamp out doctor shopping will require all medicines-related information from telehealth prescribers to be uploaded to My Health Record.

Towards a National Medicines Record: what it might mean for patient safety and pharmacy practice

Australia’s Minister for Health has announced a National Medicines Record. What is it, and what will it achieve? Medicine safety has long depended on pharmacists making critical decisions with incomplete information. As prescribing becomes increasingly fragmented across face-to-face care, telehealth and digital platforms, those gaps are widening – with serious consequences for patients.  Reforms announced by Minister for Health and Ageing Mark B…