THE Pharmacy Guild and the Australian Digital Health Agency have joined forces to help community pharmacies become leaders in digital health.
The Guild and the Agency have committed to work together to help build pharmacy digital health capabilities and advance the efficiency, quality and delivery of healthcare. They have entered into a collaborative partnership to drive adoption and use of the My Health Record system by community pharmacies (supported by education and training) and maximise its medicines safety benefits.
Specifically, the two organisations will work to optimise connectivity to the My Health Record system through dedicated community pharmacy support including continuing professional development and pursuing meaningful use facilitators in areas such as shared care planning, transitional care, telehealth and interoperability with pharmacy clinical service IT platforms.
Guild Executive Director, David Quilty, said the Guild welcomed the collaboration with the Agency as a step towards optimised integration of community pharmacies in the My Health Record system.
"Community pharmacists have long been early adopters and innovators in digital health, and this will spur the sector on to make an even bigger contribution," Mr Quilty said.
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