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Start Time & Date: |
30/07/2024, 7:00 pm |
End Time & Date: |
30/07/2024, 8:00 pm |
Location: |
Online |
Contact Info: |
Leslie Oldfield: OPTMED-D@uq.edu.au
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The University of Queensland is seeking Gold Coast general practitioners and community pharmacists to join a workshop for a study investigating the best way to handover information about medicines when people leave the hospital. The study is called “Optimising medicine information handover post discharge (OPTMED-D)”.
Why attend a workshop?
Purpose
When a patient is discharged from hospital, their GP and community pharmacist must be informed of changes to their medicines to continue their medicine management in the community. However, the handover of medicine information is inconsistent. The disconnect between different health services in hospital and primary care settings impacts patient safety, leading to hospital readmissions and increased cost to the healthcare system. Our vision is for patients to experience seamless medicine information handover during transitions of care from acute care settings to community care.
This study is seeking GPs and community pharmacists to attend a one-hour workshop to discuss solutions to improve transitions of care between hospital and primary care settings. This opportunity would suit a doctor or pharmacist who has experience with discharge summaries and medicine information handover from the hospital.
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To register, please email Leslie Oldfield: OPTMED-D@uq.edu.au
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