SOUTH Australian pharmacists and GPs are being invited to take part in a small-scale testing program of the State's Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) system, ScrpitCheckSA, which is due to start in Nov.
SA Health announced the RTPM Election Commitment Board has been established to oversee the development and implementation of ScriptCheckSA, and is seeking expressions of interest from Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), registered pharmacists and pharmacists to participate in the small-scale testing of the system.
"The small-scale testing programme will start in Nov and will consist of a series of workshops over a period of four months (until Feb 2021)," a statement from SA Health said.
"The number, duration and frequency of the workshops will be decided following discussion with interested participants and the RTPM Project Team."
The main objectives of the test program are to assess the user experience - including look, feel and layout - functionality of the ScriptCheck SA system, and training and education materials for the RTPM.
"Feedback from participating health practitioners will be used to refine and improve both the ScriptCheckSA system and the training and education materials before a state-wide release in Mar 2021," SA Health said.
Pharmacists can register their interest in participating in the testing by emailing their name, AHPRA number and contact details to the RTPM Project Team by 12pm on Fri 11 Sep to Health.RTPM@sa.gov.au.
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