SafeScript NSW, the state’s real-time prescription monitoring (RPTM) system, has implemented a range of new enhancements aimed at improving the overall user experience.
The enhancements introduced include:
Interstate practitioners, or practitioners whose primary place of practice is recorded in AHPRA as outside of NSW, are now eligible to access SafeScript NSW if treating a patient who lives in NSW or who receives treatment from NSW practitioners.
To find out more about this and learn how you can register, explore the following resources:
Note: Access to information that relates to prescribing or dispensing in another state or territory should continue to occur via the state’s RTPM system. For state-specific information, please review the following sites:
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
For further information regarding the Commonwealth Privacy requirements, see the RTPM NDE – Privacy Impact Assessment Public Summary.
- Health practitioners can now retrieve forgotten login details without having to contact the technical support.
- The Terms of Use and Access document has been updated to support interstate access.
A reminder that NSW Health staff can link their StaffLink ID to their SafeScript NSW account to streamline the login process.
- Patient search functionality is more intuitive, including clearer messaging about the minimum criteria required to search for a patient and the ability to open a patient record in a new tab.
- Labels and formats of fields have been updated for clarity and ease of use, such as the date of birth field.
- A banner has been added to the front page of the SafeScript NSW portal to provide timely updates to health practitioners about the system.
- Links to further guidance on requirements to hold an authority have been added.
- Links to further information and guidance on what to do in response to a specific alert have been added to the alert message in the system.
If you have any feedback or suggestions on how to improve the SafeScript NSW system, please email [email protected].
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