Pharmacy Daily | Guild Update – 29 March 16 : National Rollout: MedsASSIST – Informing Medicine Decisions

THE national rollout of MedsASSIST is now underway. It’s the new real-time recording and monitoring system for medicines containing codeine, which will benefit consumers and the pharmacy profession. MedsASSIST was developed in response to concerns over patient safety relating to these medicines and as an effective alternative to making them prescription-only. MedsASSIST aims to ensure that the majority of consumers who use these medicines safely can continue to access them at their local pharmacy. MedsASSIST is a clinical decision support system designed to help pharmacists identify consumers who are at risk of codeine dependence. MedsASSIST will be delivered to all pharmacies by mid-April. Pharmacies will receive an email with an individual username and password to log in to the system and access support materials for implementation in the pharmacy. This is a vital project for our profession. MedsASSIST will only be effective if pharmacists and pharmacy staff support it nationally and the Guild urges all pharmacies across Australia to implement it.

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