MedView
November 29, 2011
To make the best decisions, health
care professionals require the
clearest picture of a patient’s
medications history.
To be of maximum value, this
information must include data from
all health care professionals in a
patient’s care team – pharmacists
and doctors in each of community,
hospital and aged care settings.
MedView, a new e-health initiative,
is being developed for this purpose.
MedView is a national medicines
repository that will enable health
care providers in selected regions to
view a combined list of consenting
patients’ prescribed and dispensed
medications.
The Fred IT Group, as the project
lead, is working with eight software
vendors to develop, build and deploy
the repository which is viewable via
a web portal integrated into
participating health care providers’
existing software.
MedView is a key part of
developing national electronic
health infrastructure and the Federal
Government’s $467 million national
Personally Controlled Electronic
Health Records (PCEHR) project.
For the first time, health care
professionals will be able to see their
patient’s combined medications
information, regardless of how
many doctors and pharmacies they
visit.
This capability provides a clearer
picture of a patient’s medications
history, a more complete basis for
decision making and allows for
better communication between a
patient’s care team.
MedView is being deployed
nationally commencing with the
Barwon region, then selected sites
across Australia.
MedView uses an “opt-in” model,
with full privacy protection.
The Commonwealth Government
has provided funding for the
development and implementation
of Medview, as part of the National
e-health Program.
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