Melbourne, Australia
Independent · Not a clinic
An independent Australian journal of digital health
Digital DoctorExplainers on telehealth, records, medicines and the systems between Australian patients and their clinicians.
Tokens, charts and the chemist queue
Electronic prescribing, Schedule 8 extras, pharmacist-led care and the medication charts that keep aged-care residents safe.
Paper medication charts in residential aged care are giving way to electronic records. This article looks at pack-out errors, after-hours GP changes, family access, and why a missed upload can become a hospital admission rather than a paperwork problem.
Community pharmacy is now a digital front door as well as a dispensary. This feature looks at electronic prescriptions, MedsCheck and Home Medicines Review, vaccinations, and how pharmacists can work with the GP rather than around them.
Schedule 8 medicines can be prescribed electronically in Australia, but extra legal and pharmacy controls still apply. This article explains identity checks, real-time monitoring in general terms, interstate travel, and why forwarding a token is a bad idea.
Electronic prescriptions in Australia travel as tokens by SMS or email, or sit on an Active Script List. This explainer covers how eScripts work at the chemist, repeats, pharmacy changes, paper fallback and the everyday failures that stall the queue.