In Practice: Support offered for e-script errors With some patients experiencing errors when accessing e-scripts via SMS, the digital health provider has information for GPs to offer help.
Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study With a significantly lower-than-expected uptake, an RACGP expert says this could be caused by software impediments, complexity over medication eligibility, and patient views.
AHPRA appoints new CEO Justin Untersteiner has been announced as the successor to longtime AHPRA CEO Martin Fletcher, taking the helm in April.
PBS authority process needs ‘serious revamp’: RACGP The ‘administrative and bureaucratic burden’ diverts GPs from patient care and contributes to burnout, the college has said.
In Practice: Reminder to register for eRx Script Exchange Services Australia is reminding GPs to connect to the Prescription Delivery Service by 30 September to continue prescribing eligible medicines.
Australia sets benchmark for organ donation The country has seen a record rise in people joining the organ and tissue donor registry.
Normalising organ donation: How GPs can help A new government campaign aims to make organ donation a routine part of discussions in primary care and among families – and GPs can be well placed to start that conversation.