SafeScript NSW: Real Time Prescription Monitoring

Murrumbidgee PHN together with Wester NSW PHN and Healthy North Cost would like to invite General Practitioners, Practice Managers and Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists and Specialist to a webinar hosted by the SafeScript NSW and the panel of local professionals. This session will provide prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines, known as monitored medicines, which will help to improve clinical decision making and help keep patients safe.

SafeScript NSW provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines, known as monitored medicines. This information helps to improve clinical decision making and help keep patients safe.

SafeScript NSW will be available to all prescribers and pharmacists in NSW from May 2022. Learn about the benefits of SafeScript NSW and how the system is intended to be used.

At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Integrate SafeScript NSW system clinical workflow processes to improve management of patients using drugs of dependence;

• Use SafeScript NSW to analyse and interpret patient history to inform best practice patient outcomes;

• Use current best practice clinical guidance including best practice communication techniques to manage patients prescribed monitored medicines and their wellbeing; and

• Identify and access critical information and resources to support clinical decision making and reduce potential harm for patients prescribed monitored medicines.

Accreditation

This activity is accredited by RACGP, ACRRM, ACP and ACN.

RACGP Accreditation: This activity has been approved for 3 points (CPD Activity) under the RACGP CPD Program for the 2020-2022 triennium (activity number: 329041).

ACRRM Accreditation: This activity has been accredited for 1.5 hours under the educational activity category in the ACRRM PD Program for the 2020-2022 triennium (activity code: 25852)

ACP Accreditation This activity has been accredited for 1.5 hours of Group 1 CPD (or 1.5 CPD Credits) suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan which can be converted to 1.5 hours of Group 2 CPD (or 3 CPD Credits) upon successful completion of relevant assessment activities (accreditation number: N2204034AA)

ACN Accreditation This webinar is endorsed by ACN according to our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Endorsed Course Standards. It has been allocated 1hr 30min CPD hours according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Continuing Professional Development Standard.