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Sydney’s Westmead Hospital is piloting a sepsis risk tool in its emergency department waiting room to try to enhance the detection of sepsis while patients are still waiting for care. A range of NSW Health partners have worked together to develop the clinical decision support tool, which collects demographic and vital signs data … [read more] |
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Nurses at aged residential care (ARC) facilities across New Zealand’s South Island have been given access to their residents’ data held in the region’s Health Connect South (HCS) and HealthOne (H1) systems. The HCS shared electronic clinical record contains discharge summaries, clinic notes, progress notes, outpatient letters and shared … [read more] |
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Victoria saw a continued albeit small decline in overdose deaths last year from their peak in 2018, with the majority of overdose deaths involving multiple drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs. While there is no direct link to the introduction of the SafeScript prescription monitoring system, the court has previously pointed to … [read more] |
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The Department of Health and Aged Care has made yet another extension to the reimbursement of fees for electronic prescription tokens send by SMS. The department says it has extended the cut-off date to March 31 2023, or until the controversial tender for prescription delivery service (PDS) providers is awarded. … [read more] |
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