THE transitional arrangement for the use of Electronic National Residential Medication Charts (eNRMC) has been extended again (PD 03 Oct), with systems that are non-conformant now no longer able to be used for prescriptions after 01 Apr 2026.
While residential aged care homes can continue to use a non-conformant system for administration purposes, prescribers will need to use a paper NRMC or create separate electronic or paper PBS prescriptions, creating extra work, while pharmacists will need to dispense from these alternative scripts.
As it currently stands, only Telstra Health's MedPoint and StrongCare by StrongRoom Technology are nonconformant.
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing states that clinicians and pharmacists continuing to use non-conformant products will need to consider and manage any potential clinical risks associated with them.
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