Providing community-based health practitioners with timely and accurate discharge medicines information

Providing community-based health practitioners with timely and accurate discharge medicines information

BACKGROUND Accurate and timely medication information at the point of discharge is essential for continuity of care. There are scarce data on the clinical significance if poor quality medicines information is passed to the next episode of care. This study aimed to compare the number and clinical significance of medication errors and omission in discharge medicines information, and the timelines...

The Importance of Clinicians and Community Members Receiving Timely and Accurate Information about Waterborne Hazards.

It is important for clinicians and community members to receive up-to-date information about the microbiological and elemental composition of local water supplies. Clinicians play an important role in helping their patients to interpret water quality data and understand the potential impact of water quality on their health. Expanding the medical school curriculum to include environmental health...

Access to subsidised medicines, cost of medicines and health outcomes: exploring general practitioners' perceptions and experiences

Results A total of 180 questionnaires were returned and used in the analysis. Of all respondents, only 12% were able to correctly identify the subsidy status of all six medicines. Eighty three percent were of the opinion that the Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand (PHARMAC) considers its budget as the most important factor when deciding to fund medicines. Only a few participants we...

Essential medicines and health products information portal

Giving patients timely, accurate pricing.