Safer patient care in the era of SafeScript
A podcast series funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria and produced by NPS MedicineWise.
Listen to our multidisciplinary panel of experts and consumers as they discuss the clinical risks associated with long-term opioid and benzodiazepine use, the importance of ensuring continuity of care for all patients, and how SafeScript, Victoria’s real-time prescription system, is assisting clinicians to provide safer patient care.
SafeScript podcast 1: Opioids: Helping or hindering your patient?
Join us for a conversation between podcast host Lynn Weekes, former CEO of NPS MedicineWise, and:
- Julian Rait, President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Victoria
- Anthony Tassone, President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) Victoria, and
- Malcolm Hogg, a pain specialist at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Together, they discuss how doctors and pharmacists can use SafeScript to reduce the harms associated with opioids and improve collaborative care.
Listen to SafeScript podcast 1 on SoundCloud | Listen to SafeScript podcast 1 on iTunes
SafeScript podcast 2: Managing chronic pain: Practical approaches for a complex problem
Hear podcast host Lynn Weekes discuss practical approaches to managing chronic pain in people with co-existing mental health conditions in the primary care setting, with:
- Yvonne Bonomo, an addiction medicine specialist
- Malcolm Hogg, a pain specialist from Royal Melbourne Hospital, and
- Ferghal Armstrong, a GP practising in regional Victoria.
Listen to SafeScript podcast 2 on SoundCloud | Listen to SafeScript podcast 2 on iTunes
SafeScript podcast 3: Benzodiazepines: Keep calm and prescribe responsibly
Listen to podcast host Lynn Weekes discuss the risks of long-term benzodiazepine use and how gradual dose tapering can be carefully and safely achieved in the primacy care setting , with
- Nick Carr, a GP
- Shalini Arunogiri, an addiction psychiatrist
- Jane Andersonwurf, a program support specialist at Reconnexion, and
- Natalie Corrigan, a person with lived experience of benzodiazepine dependency.
Listen to SafeScript podcast 3 on SoundCloud | Listen to SafeScript podcast 3 on iTunes
SafeScript podcast 4: Patient-centred care: An insider’s view
Join us for a conversation between podcast host Lynn Weekes and:
- Ferghal Armstrong, a GP practising in regional Victoria
- Jarrod McMaugh, a community pharmacist who is also the president of Chronic Pain Australia, and
- Denise “Rustie” Lassam, a person with lived experience of addiction to prescription medicines.
This discussion focuses on patient-centred care and the importance of language in reducing stigma.
Listen to SafeScript podcast 4 on SoundCloud | Listen to SafeScript podcast 4 on iTunes