1. Carl Cooper BA, BPharm, Grad Dip, MEd, AACP
Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice (CSU)
Accredited Pharmacist (Medication Reviews)
Presenter Immunisation in Community Pharmacy (PGA)
Board Member MPHN & MLHB
Drugs in Sport (UTAS) 2016
Community Pharmacy Proprietor (2012 to 2016)
QUMAX facilitator Western NSW ‘Closing the Gap’ 2013

2. Recent eHealth Related Projects
Mapping Prescribing across the UK
Medview and eRx (Community Pharmacy)
Electronic Prescribing and Patient Safety
Project Stop and monitoring of pseudoephedrine use

3. Recent eHealth Related Projects
Real time monitoring of Drugs of addiction
Recreational drug use and social attitudes
Use of smart phones and patient monitoring

4. Expertise applicable to eHealth related Research
Patient is now at the centre of healthcare and should not be seen as a passive observer of their health needs Pharmacists with the use of technology will be able to manage medications and offer advice. In an open prescribing landscape, the medication team will be able to ‘see’ other prescribing and improve safety for the patient. With the advent of cloud technology, access to patient history across all health professionals reduces risk and shares the benefits for the patient.

5. Current eHealth related issues
State/Federal – Hospital (LHD)/Medicare (PHN)
NSW Health has invested heavily into an electronic system for managing their patient in hospital
Federal government has continued funding for the Personal Health Record
Discharge of patients from acute care to community care – why is the communication so difficult?
Governments are concerned that patients are representing to the acute system after being discharged - can medication reconciliation and the use of liason pharmacists redress the avoidable admissions associated with medication misadventure?

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