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| Hospital nurses and medicine safety | Resources to help reduce errors in documentation during transfer of care, make patients aware of what medications they are using and reducing confusion. |
Campaign | Health Professionals | 2011-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Medicinewise articles | Read the latest Be medicinewise articles & learn how to make the right medicine choices |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| Exercise and healthy bones throughout your life | Exercise, calcium & vitamin D are vital for healthy, strong bones. Read how strong bones are built in childhood & learn about the exercises adults can do to maintain healthy bones |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-11-22 00:00:00 |
| Preventing asthma after exercise | Exercising can cause exercise-induced asthma. Learn about how medicines can be used to control symptoms of asthma when exercising & other useful tips to continue being physically active |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 |
| Managing hay fever | Read about the signs & symptoms of hay fever, & about the medicines & tips you can use to beat it |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 |
| NPS Seniors Peer Educators | NPS Seniors Peer Educators resources and medicines information, and login to the password-protected medicines information section for volunteers. |
Web page | Members & Stakeholders | 2008-05-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS Facilitators | Information on the work of NPS Facilitators in Divisions and Networks of General Practice. From this page NPS Facilitators can also login to their own password-protected section. |
Web page | Members & Stakeholders | 2008-05-01 00:00:00 |
| Peer2Peer newsletter, Summer 2007 | Summer 2007 issue of Peer2Peer newsletter, including the Return of Unwanted Medicines (RUM) project, a peer educator profile, a success story, and an Australia-wide update. |
Peer 2 Peer - Member & Stakeholder Publication | Members & Stakeholders | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Community organisations | Here you can find links to information about NPS’s work with communities and the community organisations NPS works with, and read our regular newsletter, Community Update. |
Web page | Members & Stakeholders | 2008-04-22 00:00:00 |
| Зошто ни нудат избор на лекарства? - Брошура | Двојазична брошура што ќе ви помогне да го разберете изборот на марки на лекарства и колку е важно да ја знаете активната состојка во вашето лекарство. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-13 00:00:00 |
| Tại sao chúng tôi được lựa chọn thuốc men? | Một quyển hướng dẫn song ngữ nhằm giúp quý vị hiểu được việc chọn lựa các thương hiệu thuốc men của mình và tầm quan trọng của việc biết được hoạt chất trong thuốc men của mình. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| Translated medicine brand choices information | Knowing why you may be offered a choice of medicines is an important part of being medicinewise. The more you know about active ingredients and different medicine brands, the more confident you’ll be to talk about your options and make your choice. See translated information in 10 languages on how you can be medicinewise. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| لماذا يُعرض علينا اختيار الدواء من بين أصناف مختلفة؟ | منشور ثنائي اللغة لمساعدتك على فهم أصناف الدواء التي يمكنك الاختيار من بينها وأهمية معرفة العنصر الفعّال في دوائك. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| Why are we offered a choice of medicine? | Information to help you understand your choice of medicine brands and the importance of knowing the active ingredient in your medicine. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| 為什麼要對藥物進行選擇？ | 這是一本雙語對照的小冊子，可以幫助您瞭解藥物品牌的選擇，認識瞭解藥物有效成分的重要性。 |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| 为什么要对药物进行选择？ | 这是一本双语对照的小册子，可以帮助您了解药物品牌的选择，认识了解药物有效成分的重要性。 |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| Brošura Zašto imamo slobodu izbora lijeka? | Dvojezična brošura Vam pomaže da lakše razumijete opcije pri izboru proizvođača lijekova i da saznate koji je aktivni sastojak u Vašem lijeku. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| Φυλλάδιο: Γιατί μας προσφέρεται επιλογή φαρμάκου; | Ένα δίγλωσσο φυλλάδιο που σας βοηθά να καταλάβετε την επιλογή μάρκας για φαρμακευτικά προϊόντα και πόσο σημαντικό είναι να γνωρίζετε το δραστικό συστατικό του φαρμάκου σας. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| PERCHÉ CI VIENE OFFERTO DI SCEGLIERE LE NOSTRE MEDICINE? | Un opuscolo bilingue che vuole aiutarti a capire come effettuare una scelta tra le varie marche di medicine e l’importanza di conoscere il principio attivo di una medicina. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| 어떤 브랜드의 의약품을 선택해야 하나요? | 의약품 브랜드 선택 이해와 약품 속 활성 성분에 대한 지식의 중요성 고지를 위한 영어 한글 브로셔. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| ¿Por qué se nos ofrece una elección de medicina? | Un folleto bilingüe destinado a ayudarle a entender su elección en marcas de medicinas, y la importancia de saber qué ingrediente activo contiene la suya. |
Campaign,Consumer publication - Brochure | Consumers | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 |
| Be medicinewise in the media | Events and media for the Be Medicinewise campaign and Be Medicinewise Week |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-01-20 00:00:00 |
| Community partners program | Community partners supports consumer health organisations to incorporate quality use of medicines messages into their programs. |
Project Summary | Consumers | 2009-11-25 00:00:00 |
| Generic medicines — Prescription intake forms | Prescription intake forms to be filled in when prescriptions are accepted for dispensing |
'Professional tool - Kit - Generic medicines pharmacy tool kit | Health Professionals | 2008-12-04 00:00:00 |
| Generic medicines — Best practice guide for giving out prescriptions | This tool contains best practice points to consider when handing out dispensed medicines to consumer, particularly where brand substitution has occurred. |
'Professional tool - Kit - Generic medicines pharmacy tool kit | Health Professionals | 2008-12-04 00:00:00 |
| Generic medicines — Prescription repeat folders | Prescription repeat folders to hold prescription repeats. |
'Professional tool - Kit - Generic medicines pharmacy tool kit | Health Professionals | 2008-12-04 00:00:00 |
| Medicine brand choices — Free pharmacy resources | The Medicine Brand Choices campaign promote free NPS resources to help consumers make confident decisions about medicine brand choices and to have informed conversations with pharmacists and pharmacy staff.. |
Tool - Health Professional | Health Professionals | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 |
| Medicine safety and multiple brands | Earlier this year we introduced ‘medicinewise’ to Australians as shorthand for practicing safe and wise use of medicines. Our next campaign focuses on enabling people to understand medicine names and reduce confusion around brands. |
Campaign | Health Professionals | 2011-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Why should Australia be medicinewise? | We’ve launched a national “Be medicinewise” campaign, introducing the term ‘medicinewise’ as shorthand for quality use of medicines and medical tests. |
Campaign | Health Professionals | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 |
| Get to know your medicines campaign: Learning from the pilot, Poster NMS 2010 | The Multicultural Community Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Program aims to increase awareness and knowledge about QUM through a range of consumer and bilingual health professional interventions. Stephenson J, Hyndman-Rizik N. National Medicine Symposium, 26-28 May 2010, Melbourne, Australia |
Event - Conference poster | Health Professionals,Research & Evaluation community | 2010-05-28 00:00:00 |
| Medicines information in rural and remote communities | What NPS can offer rural and remote communities – what they can do, articles they might find interesting |
Web page | Consumers | 2008-09-29 00:00:00 |
| Aboriginal Health Workers improve their knowledge and skills about medicines | What NPS can offer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities – what they can do, articles they might find interesting. |
Web page | Consumers | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 |
| Medicines information for multicultural communities | What NPS can offer multicultural communities - what they can do, articles they might find interesting. |
Web page | Consumers | 2010-11-17 00:00:00 |
| NPS and COTA programs for people over 50 | What NPS can offer people over 50; what they can do, articles they might find interesting |
Web page | Consumers | 2008-09-22 00:00:00 |
| Run a managing medicines session with the NPS kit | Information on running a managing medicines session with the NPS 'Get to know your medicines kit'. |
Consumer resource - Kit - Get to know your medicines | Consumers | 2008-02-12 00:00:00 |
| People over 50: Become a medicines peer educator | Information on how to become an NPS seniors peer educator to share information about the wise use of medicines in the community. |
Web page | Consumers | 2008-02-12 00:00:00 |
| People over 50: Book a 'Medicines and you' information session | Information on how to book an NPS medicines information session for a group of seniors. |
Web page | Consumers | 2010-06-02 00:00:00 |
| Reaching culturally and linguistically diverse consumers via education settings. Poster NMS 2006 | NPS identifies people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds as one group needing a targeted and culturally relevant QUM program. Davis J, Kehoe L, Kordes D. National Medicines Symposium, 7–9 June 2006, Canberra, Australia |
Event - Conference poster | Health Professionals,Research & Evaluation community | 2008-06-09 00:00:00 |
| Learning the lingo about medicines | Learn about the CQUM teaching modules on the quality use of medicines for use in adult English language classes. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2005-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Get to know your medicines kit | Information on running a managing medicines session with the NPS 'Get to know your medicines kit'. |
Consumer resource - Kit - Get to know your medicines | Consumers | 2009-02-27 00:00:00 |
| Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) Program update | Learn about Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) programs for senior and multicultural communities. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2005-03-01 00:00:00 |
| Organising an event in the bush | Find out about planning medicines events in rural areas, including finding local doctors and pharmacists to answer questions, and contacting people though local organisations. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2005-03-01 00:00:00 |
| The Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) Program update | Learn about Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) programs in rural areas and multicultural communities. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2004-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Aboriginal Health Workers build skills | Learn about the NACHHO project in Broome, WA, which provided training for local Aboriginal health workers in the quality use of medicines, including chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension which are important in their communities. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2005-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) Program update | Learn about Community Quality Use of Medicines (CQUM) programs in rural areas, and the National QUM Award presented to the Medicine Information Persons (MIP) Project |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2004-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Bridging language gaps in Launceston | Learn about medicines information events presented by a pharmacist for people from diverse cultural backgrounds in Launceston. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2004-06-01 00:00:00 |
| Health information 'In Our Hands' | Learn about the Whyalla QUM project, and the establishment of the Sharing Health Care Project to help people manage their chronic conditions. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2004-03-01 00:00:00 |
| A city tackles medicines issues | The Whyalla Quality Use of Medicines Project was an ambitious project that set out to develop a sustainable model for improving the use of medicines in regional communities throughout Australia. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2003-08-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS multicultural CQUM program — Australian mosaic article | Article from Australian mosaic (November 2008, issue 20) titled ‘Improving understanding of medicines use in CALD communities’, on the NPS multicultural CQUM program. |
Corporate publication - Academic article by NPS | Consumers | 2010-11-17 00:00:00 |
| Rural Project Schemes 2004-2005: Summary of activity and evaluation reports | NPS evaluation of its rural quality use of medicines projects in 2004 and 2005. |
Web page | Research & Evaluation community | 2006-09-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS multicultural CQUM program | Article from Australian Mosaic (April 2007, issue 16) titled Participation and inclusion in health, on the NPS multicultural CQUM program. |
Web page | Consumers | 2010-11-17 00:00:00 |
| NPS works with communities about quality use of medicines | Information on NPS programs within the community to help people manage their medicines better. |
Web page | Consumers | 2011-05-11 00:00:00 |
| Get involved with NPS medicines information sessions | Details on how you can promote quality use of medicines within your community. |
Web page | Consumers | 2010-04-16 00:00:00 |
| MedicinesTalk No. 20 Summer 2006 edition | MedicinesTalk No. 20 Summer 2006 edition, containing age-related changes in the effect of medicines, the PBS Safety Net, medicines education in ethnic schools, medicines after a hospital stay, and a poem about medicines. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2006-12-01 00:00:00 |
| MedicinesTalk No. 9 Autumn 2004 edition | MedicinesTalk No. 9 Autumn 2004 edition, contains articles on health information 'in our hands', multimedia campaigns, Home Medicines Reviews explained, getting group speakers, what is QUM, and keeping a lid on the cost of medicines. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2004-03-01 00:00:00 |
| Ethnic families get to know their medicines | After hours ethnic schools curriculum trial for the Queensland project ‘Families get to know their medicines’. |
Web page | Consumers | 2010-11-17 00:00:00 |
| Quality use of medicines in the multicultural community teaching resource | Provides guidelines for use of a teaching resource on safe and appropriate use of medications for adult ESL patients. |
Consumer resource - Kit - ESL teaching resource | Consumers | 2010-11-17 00:00:00 |
| Older Italians hungry for information | Learn about the Co.As.It Victoria project enabling seniors from the Italian community to learn about the quality use of medicines. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2006-06-01 00:00:00 |
| Community language schools teaching students about medicines in Queensland | Learn about programs teaching young people in after-hours ethnic schools about medicines, so they can go home and share the knowledge with their families in 'kitchen table' discussions. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2006-12-01 00:00:03 |
| Seniors teaching seniors about medicines | Interviews with two peer educators about what seniors want to know about medicines and the common gaps in their knowledge. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2006-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Medicine use in Indigenous communities | Good Medicines Better Health project aims to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's quality use of medicines. |
Consumer publication - MedicinesTalk | Consumers | 2007-12-01 00:00:03 |
| Ask the right questions | Some examples of medicinewise questions to ask whenever you take a medicine |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-01-20 00:00:00 |
| Find the active ingredient | The active ingredient identifies the chemical in the medicine that makes it work. |
Campaign | Consumers | 2011-01-20 00:00:00 |
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Date published: 2010-12-17 00:00:00
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