This Looks Like A Mixed Good News - Bad News Story On Prescription Monitoring.

First the good news:SafeScript proves its mettle in first four months System alerts pharmacists about thousands of patients at riskHeather Saxena13th February 2019Victoria ’s SafeScript system appears to be proving its value, with pharmacies and doctors receiving alerts about more than 7000 patients at risk in the past four months.The first phase of the project started in the Western Victorian Primary Health Network (PHN) in October. Initial department of health dat a provided to the Pharmacy Guild show that:Overall, SafeScript has picked up 7432 patients at increased risk.There have been 4348 alerts to doctors and pharmacists about patients visiting multiple general practices and pharmacies.Other alerts involve patients taking high doses or a combination of monitored medicines.Pharmacist uptake of the system in the Western Victoria PHN is over double that of doctors (79% versus 35%).One in two pharmacists and one in seven doctors are active users of... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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