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Our smartphone app can read your prescription labels out loud to you, and translate them into your language of choice!

prescription label reading appThe Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App is ideal for anyone who has difficulty reading medication labels, including: the visually-impaired, dyslexic, autistic, the elderly, ESL (English-as-a-Second Language) patients and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders.

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  • Speaks out Prescription
  • Translates Prescription
  • Set Reminder Alarms
  • Store Medicine Scans
  • Get Medicine CMI Info

How it works:

  1. Pharmacist Prints QR Code on Prescription Label
    The pharmacist generates the patient’s personalized QR barcode on the prescription label and sticks it onto the patient’s medication.
  2. Patient Scans QR Code
    The patient, uses the smartphone app to scan the QR barcode, converting the prescription information and instructions from text to speech so they can confirm that they’re about to take the correct medication.

QR Code on Prescription

Participating pharmacies can convert the prescription information into an Our Pills Talks QR code and print it on the prescription label. Both labels are placed on the patient’s medication.

The QR code is also printed on the repeat prescription form.

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List of Features

Speaks out the prescription

Displays and speaks out the following:

  • Medicine name
  • Doctor’s instructions
  • Patient’s name
  • Date dispensed
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Translates Prescription

prescription reading app in germanmedical app switchYou can set the Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App to operate in any one of dozens of languages. All your medical information will be translated into the language of your choice.

When the app is set to display in a foreign language the app titles are also shown in English in smaller text, so that a Locum doctor or Emergency Department staff in a hospital can still navigate the OurPillsTalk app to get the patient’s medication information. This will help to reduce Adverse Drug Events.

Stores Medicine Scan History

Stores a list of all your scanned medications:

  • Useful to to have when visiting an ED in our public hospitals, a Locum GP, or visiting a doctor while travelling abroad.
  • Ability to email the scanned history to preferred recipient
  • Links to the medicine’s CMI (Consumer Medicine Information) including an Audio version
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Reminder Alarms

You can create alarms to:

  • Take medicine.
  • Have repeat prescriptions filled.
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Stores Emergency Information

Stores the folling information for use by first responders in emergency situations.

  • Contact details of partner/colleague
  • Allergies
  • Personal details

Health Information

Provides access to health information on healthdirect.gov.au including: Symptom checker, latest health issues, find a health device nearby e.g.GP, pharmacy, emergency dept, hospital and other services.
Also access the CMI information for each of your scanned medicines.

Demonstrations of Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App

This video demonstrates how simple it can be to give confidence and support for its visually-impaired clients and numerous other potential needy patients.

Android version

iPhone and iPad version

Participating Pharmacies

Ask your local pharmacist to print out a second medicine label containing your medicine’s Our Pills Talk QR barcode. If they are unable to provide this service, simply contact these providers to find out the nearest pharmacy to you that use either of the following prescription dispensing software:

  • Aquarius Dispense
    by Simple Retail
    1800 746 753
  • Corum LOTS Dispense
    by Corum Health
    1300 669 865
  • Merlin
    by Pharmhos
    1300 7427 6467

Example QR Code Prescriptions

Use our app to scan these QR code prescriptions so you can try out the app.

Seretide Accuhaler qr barcode

SERETIDE ACCUHALER

nexium qr code

NEXIUM HP7

panadeine qr code

PANADEINE FORTE

See more QR Code examples.

How to install and use it

For more detailed instructions about how to install the app on your phone as well as how to use it please see the User Manual.

Participating Pharmacies

You can use the Our Pills Talk Medicine Safety App with prescriptions filled at any of the participating pharmacies that use either of the following prescription dispensing software:

  • Aquarius Dispense
    by Simple Retail
    1800 746 753
  • Corum LOTS Dispense
    by Corum Health
    1300 669 865
  • Merlin by Pharmhos
    1300 7427 6467

Our App Wins Award

app 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

The Our Pills Talk MedicineSafety App has won first prize in the "Enabling System Change" category of the NSW government's Apps4NSW competition.

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Sky News Interview

Watch Steve Cohen being interviewed by Sky Business News.

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Medical Safety Articles

Literature Review: Medication Safety in Australia 2013

This report surveys 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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Volunteer Advocates Wanted!

We have volunteer positions available for people who are passionate about the health sector, and reducing adverse drug events.

This role involves planning and conducting effective ‘engagement campaigns’, which may include providing stakeholders (such as pharmacies and community service organisations) with promotional materials and making presentations to raise awareness for adverse drug events.

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Contact Details

Steve Cohen

0405105440

scohen300@yahoo.com.au

Steve Cohen

0405105440

scohen300@yahoo.com.au

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Steve was awarded 1st Prize in a NSW Department of Health competition in 2013, apps4NSW. The prize was awarded in Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney by our Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner.

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