TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Real-time prescription monitoring: Helping people at risk of harm
JO  - Australian prescriber
A1  - Dobbin, M.
A1  - Liew, D.F.L.
SP  - 164
EP  - 167
VL  - 43
IS  - 5
N2  - Misuse of opioid analgesics and other psychoactive medicines is a serious and increasing problem in Australia. Measures are being taken to try and prevent this progressing to a public health crisis like the opioid overdose epidemic seen in the USA. One measure is real-time prescription monitoring. This provides real-time information about the patient's supply of psychoactive medicines which have a high risk of being misused. Having identified a patient at risk, many factors may delay appropriate management or result in the patient being discharged from care. These factors include subconscious negative stereotyping, a focus on preventing 'doctor shoppers' diverting psychoactive medicines, and a fear of sanction by regulators. The Medical Board of Australia provides guidance about good practice. Patients should be treated with respect, free from bias and discrimination, and without prejudicing care because of the belief that their behaviour has contributed to their problems. © 2020 NPS MedicineWise.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0312-8008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2020.050
ID  - ref1
ER  -