The better medication management system.:  Implications for Australian general practice.

Michael R. Kidd

The better medication management system. Implications for Australian general practice.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Better Medication Management System (BMMS) is a national initiative to use information technology to bring together the fragmented medication record systems currently used in Australian health care. OBJECTIVE: This article provides a brief outline of the BMMS and some of its implications for Australia's general practitioners and their patients. DISCUSSION: The BMMS has the potential to assist in achieving significantly better health outcomes by providing current information to assist prescribing and dispensing decisions and by promoting more informed medication management partnerships between consumers and their doctors and pharmacists.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	516-520
Number of pages	5
Journal	Australian Family Physician
Volume	31
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002
Externally published	Yes

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