Electronic prescribing implementation

The North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) is in the process of implementing electronic prescriptions (external site) in the Outpatient Clinics at Sir Charles Gairdner (SCGH) and Osborne Park Hospitals (OPH).

This project will align the SCGOPH care group with the other health service providers in Western Australia, providing patients with access to electronic prescriptions across the state.

Instead of receiving a paper prescription, patients can instead opt to receive their prescription via SMS or email. This can then be filled at their local pharmacy.

Please note, SCGH and OPH onsite Outpatient Pharmacies are currently unable to receive electronic prescriptions and must still be provided with normal paper prescriptions at present.

Patients can also speak to their local community pharmacist about registering for an Active Script List (ASL) which allows their scripts to be stored in a central electronic database.

This enables any participating pharmacy that a patient gives permission to access their prescriptions without needing a QR code. To find out more please refer to the Australian Digital Health Agency Website (external site).