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Achieving quality use of medicines in palliative and end of life care
The National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) has prepared a stakeholder consultation report in collaboration with Palliative Care Australia (PCA). The report summarises the current situation with respect to quality use of medicine (QUM) in palliative and end-of-life care and aims to guide the direction of future activities to improve this. It is an important first step in documenting the issues and opportunities around QUM in palliative care, and stakeholders should be encouraged to further expand this work, develop and progress relevant initiatives and strategies within their sectors and engage others to improve QUM in palliative care and end of life care.
Quality diagnostic referrals: stakeholder workshop outcomes
In May 2009 the Federal Government announced it would fund NPS to help requestors improve their utilisation of diagnostic imaging and pathology testing. As part of this program, NPS held a workshop on 29 April 2010, bringing together stakeholders from key organisations to gain:
- an understanding of the existing issues and opportunities associated with pathology and diagnostic imaging
- stakeholder input to the NPS diagnostics program’s outcomes and priorities
- the commitment of attendees to be actively involved with the NPS diagnostics program.
The report provides a summary of the outcomes from this workshop.
Date published: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
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