WESTERN Australia's ScriptCheck is now live.
This makes the state the latest jurisdiction to launch Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) (PD 15 Mar), a powerful clinical tool in the effort to curb the unsafe use of high-risk medicines such as opioids, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), said yesterday.
SHPA Chief Executive Kristin Michaels says RTPM is an important collaborative tool enabling interdisciplinary care teams to work together and ensure Western Australians are using medicines safely and effectively.
"We have many gaps to fill to uphold the optimal use of medicines in Australia, with 250,000 hospital admissions each year due to medicines-related harm, with many of these being preventable," Michaels said.
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