Produktivitätsverlust durch manuelle PDMP/RTPM‑Abfragen und Dokumentation

Definition

Australia has implemented a national Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) system with state‑based solutions such as SafeScript (Victoria), SafeScript NSW, and ScriptCheckWA to provide prescribers with real‑time information on a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for monitored high‑risk medicines.[6][7][8] In Western Australia, for example, prescribers of S4 monitored medicines in certain situations must check ScriptCheckWA as part of their risk assessment and document a risk management plan in the patient’s clinical notes.[3] Similarly, Victorian guidance emphasises that prescribers must take "all reasonable steps" to ensure there is a therapeutic need, which includes checking SafeScript for monitored medicines and maintaining appropriate records.[1] Where PDMP systems are not seamlessly integrated into practice software, clinicians typically need to interrupt their workflow, authenticate into a separate PDMP portal, search and interpret records, and then manually document risk‑mitigation decisions. Research on PDMP implementation in NSW (SafeScript NSW) identifies the importance of integration into electronic health records and notes that system usability and process barriers are significant issues when PDMP access is not embedded into clinical workflows.[2] Drawing on these conditions, a typical GP who writes 6–10 monitored‑medicine prescriptions per day may spend an average of 2–3 extra minutes per prescription logging in, retrieving data and documenting risk management, equating conservatively to 15–30 minutes per day or 5–10 hours per month of non‑billable time. At an effective billable rate of around AUD 200–300 per clinical hour in Australian general practice, this represents AUD 1,000–3,000 in lost capacity per prescriber per month if PDMP/RTPM tasks are not automated or streamlined.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Physicians in Australia 🇦🇺 lose 15–30+ minutes per day per prescriber to manual PDMP/RTPM checks and risk‑plan documentation for monitored medicines. Automating data retrieval and structured note capture can recover 5–10 billable hours per prescriber each month.

Affected Stakeholders

General practitioners, Specialist physicians (pain, psychiatry, neurology, oncology, palliative care), Nurse practitioners, Practice managers, Clinical pharmacists in primary care

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