eRx previews MedView
July 8, 2016
ERX Script Exchange has flagged
the upcoming launch of the new
MedView Medicines Workspace,
a portal which aims to bridge the
medication gap between acute and
community care.
The system will allow authorised
health care providers to view
hospital and pharmacy data at the
same time, with the information
able to be curated into a reconciled
list which can be verified with
additional input from the patient.
“In community pharmacy and GP
clinics, it is not uncommon to see
patients who are confused about
what medications they should be
taking according to their discharge
summary,” according to an
overview on the eRx website.
“The MedView Medicines
Workspace will help alleviate this
problem by allowing doctors,
pharmacists, hospitals, aged care
settings and patients to have
shared access to critical medicines
information and services.”
When patients move between
community care and hospital and
aged care, the absence of good
quality and up to date clinical data
can contribute to a higher risk of
medication misadventures and
unnecessary hospital readmissions.
“Medications reconciliation
remains a largely manual process
throughout Australia, providing a
glaring reminder of the implications
around the lack of shared clinical
data on patient welfare,” eRx said.
MediView wil be a hub for
authorised third parties to integrate
with and deliver additional
medications management
services such as reconciliation and
compliance monitoring, allowing
clinicians in turn to contribute data
to the My Health Record system.
eRx said a clear and perfect
complete source of medications
data is still a way off, urging the
industry to make the most of data
that is already being captured
through systems such as electronic
prescribing and dispensing.
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