Medicine Safety : Take Care report (Jan 2019) by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
It reports on the Australia-wide state of adverse medication events.
- 1.2 million Australians have experienced an adverse medication event in the last 6 months.
- 250,000 hospital admissions annually are a result of medication-related problems, at an anual cost of $1.4 billion.
- An additional 400,000 presentations to emergency departments are likely to be due to medication-related problems.
- 50% of this is preventable.
People with low vision can often struggle with reading medicine information on labels, which can lead to incorrect use
In its largest survey into the experiences of blind and partially sighted people, the Royal National Institute for Blind people (RNIB) discovered nine out of ten participants found information on medication was quite difficult or impossible to read.
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(NSQHS) 6. Communicating For Safety
The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards were developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care with the Australian Government, state and territory partners, consumers and the private sector. This document is the part of the standard, called “6. Communicating For Safety”, which aims to ensure that there is effective communication between patients, carers and families, multidisciplinary teams and clinicians, and across the health service organisation, to support continuous, coordinated and safe care for patients. The new standard recognises that effective communication is needed throughout patients’ care and identifies high-risk times when effective communication is critical.
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Corum supports Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App
This article was published in the Pharmacy Daily on 4th September 2017, announcing that Corum has added support for Our Pills Talks to their Pharmacy software.
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Our App Wins Award 2018
Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App won an award at the National Medicinewise Awards, which were announced as part of the 10th National Medicines Symposium in Canberra in May 2018.
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Our App Wins Prize 2014
The NSW Government has presented awards to the winners of its ‘apps4nsw – collaborate solutions for health’ competition, who now get the chance to showcase their ideas to government and industry.
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Sky Business News Interview
Watch Steve Cohen being interviewed by Sky Business News
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Literature Review: Medication Safety in Australia 2013
Literature Review: Medication Safety in Australia 2013 is the third in a series surveying the available literature and information on medication safety in Australian health care.
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Avoiding hospitals and doctors the best cure for healthcare woes
The Coalition government has told us we need to have an “everything on the table” debate on how to rein in healthcare expenditure.
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Articles about Steve Cohen
Diversity is the word
PSA life member Steve Cohen is not slowing down on a mission to improve medicines safety. He tells of the many changes he’s seen in a career spanning half a century.
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