ETP program in Oct
September 10, 2012
NEXT month will see the launch of
the Electronic Transfer of
Prescription (ETP) Education Program,
a new national initiative, funded
through the Fifth Community
Pharmacy Agreement.
“ETP is a means by which community
pharmacy can participate in a
quality use of medicines initiative
which will reduce medication errors
and enhance health outcomes for
consumers,” said the Pharmacy
Guild of Australia.
The program is designed to
educate pharmacy staffers about
Electronic Medication Management
and specifically the role of ETP in
Australia’s eHealth landscape.
The program will assist the nearly
two-thirds of Australian pharmacies
that are already equipped to
process electronic prescriptions to
consolidate their knowledge, as
well as to help those pharmacies to
be ‘eHealth enabled’ and ready to
participate in other eHealth
initiatives, including the Personally
Controlled Electronic Heath Record.
In addition, the program will
assist the one third of pharmacies
who have not yet made the transition
to electronic prescriptions to adopt
and maximise the benefits of ETP
technology.
The key components of the program
include: free information sessions
conducted throughout Australia
commencing in October, support
for pharmacies to sign up for their
organisational Healthcare Provider
Identifier to be ‘eHealth enabled’,
and provision of eLearning material.
For more info about the program
and the information sessions visit
the 5CPA website at - 5cpa.com.au.
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