Show Notes
Listen to this podcast to hear Andrew Hargreaves, in conversation with Dr Hester Wilson (GP and addiction specialist) and Dr Chris Hayes (pain specialist) discussing what is SafeScript NSW and how the system works. They will also share their experience using SafeScript NSW and how it has supported their clinical decision making.
Links to the resources and services discussed in their podcast:
SafeScript NSW (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners) provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines to improve clinical decision making and patient safety.
Registering (https://register.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/) for SafeScript NSW is simple and takes about five minutes. Once registered, health practitioners can enable their integrated clinical software to support SafeScript NSW.
A number of clinical tools are available to support general practitioners to use SafeScript NSW. These include: SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/clinical-advice-line) 1800 434 155 offering free 24/7 clinical advice staffed by experienced Clinical Advisors SafeScript NSW eLearning modules (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/education-and-training) SafeScript NSW HealthPathways (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/healthpathways)
For more information about SafeScript NSW, please visit http://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au
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