Prescription Management Services for Medication Control

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What is medication management?

Medication management is complex and involves several different clinicians. Often referred to as the medication management pathway, it comprises multiple activities and three system processes to manage the safe and effective use of medicines for patients at each episode of care. 3,4

What is a prescription & how does it work?

A prescription is a legal document that health practitioners write for a pharmacist to dispense a specific medicine. You can’t legally obtain prescription-only medicines without that document. You need a prescription for medicines that have higher risks, such as: the potential for addiction or misuse.

Why do I need a prescription?

This ensures that your health practitioner can first assess your condition, determine which medicine you need and give you advice before you take it. A prescription is a legal document that health practitioners write for a pharmacist to dispense a specific medicine.

Do I need a prescription for a medicine?

You need a prescription for medicines that have higher risks, such as: the potential for addiction or misuse. The need for a prescription ensures that, before you take a medicine, your health practitioner can: explain how to take your medicine and any potential risks or side effects.

What is a prescription record?

A list of medicines that have been prescribed and dispensed, uploaded by pharmacists. Your prescription record contains information about medicines you have been prescribed by a healthcare provider. The record also provides details about the healthcare provider who prescribed the medicine and the healthcare provider organisation you visited.

How do pharmacies dispense medicines?

The majority of pharmacies are set up to dispense medicines using an electronic prescription. If you choose to receive an electronic prescription, your doctor will send a SMS or email to your mobile phone. It will contain a link to a ‘token’ which contains your prescription information.

What is a monitored prescription?

It allows prescribers and pharmacists to access real-time information about their patient’s prescription history for certain high-risk medicines, known as monitored medicines, as well as offering an online solution for prescribers to manage applications for approvals to prescribe and/or supply these medicines.

What Is Prescription Management

1. https://www.health.gov.au/topics/medicines/medication-management-for-health-practitioners
2. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards/medication-safety-standard/medication-management-processes
3. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2012/1100/p11.html
4. https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/about-safescript-nsw/what-is-safescript-nsw
5. https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/healthcare-providers/initiatives-and-programs/electronic-prescribing/for-prescribers
6. https://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/keep-patients-safe/medication-safety/cmm/med-review

Prescription Management Information

1. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/escript-electronic-prescription
2. https://www.acrrm.org.au/resources/digital-health/electronic-medication-management/electronic-prescribing