THE Victorian Government has released the details of proposed new legislation governing the operation of the state's SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring system (PD 20 Oct 2017), with input from stakeholders sought.
SafeScript is being developed by Guild offshoot Fred IT, with funding of $29.5 million and expectations it will roll out from later this year.
All S8 medicines will be covered by the system as well as other high-risk medicines, with a planned 18 month phase-in period before SafeScript becomes compulsory.
For more information on the system see health.vic.gov.au.
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