MEDIA RELEASE A new national framework has been released to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients who are transitioning between care settings.

Electronic Medication Management Systems: A guide to safe implementation (3rd edition) has been produced by the Commission to assist hospitals and health service organisations to safely implement electronic medication management (EMM) systems.

These guidelines are intended for those developing, assessing, procuring and implementing IT systems for medication management and electronic prescribing to: Understand how design contributes to patient safety Apply the recommendations during software development and iteration Evaluate systems during procurement

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An addendum to Electronic Medication Management: A guide to safe implementation (3rd edition).

A presentation from Professor Jenny May AM on the Challenges of quality use of medicines in rural settings.