Jean Spinks

Nov 17, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Esther Lau |Nicole Rayner |Jean Spinks |Megan DelDot

1 Introduction Medication safety is a global health priority. In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its third global patient safety challenge, aiming to reduce severe, avoidable medication harm by 50% within the next 5 years [1]. A medication-related problem (MRP) is defined as an event or circumstance involving drug therapy that actually or potentially interferes with the patient experiencing an optimum outcome of medical treatment [2].

May 15, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jean Spinks |Susan Nancarrow |Sue Ann McAvoy |Lisa Nissen

1 Introduction It is the stated aim of the current Australian Government to reform Medicare to support the primary care health workforce to work to the top of their scope of practice within multidisciplinary teams (Stengthening Medicare Taskforce 2023). Medicare was designed at a time when most of primary care was provided by general practitioners (GPs), treating predominantly acute episodes of illness.