For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Snail’s pace growth in patients accessing full notes
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Snail’s pace growth in patients accessing full notes
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 10:42 AM

The number of practice portals allowing access to open notes slowly increased from 91 to 118 in the 12 months to September 2019
As the rate general practices allow patients to view all their notes continues at a crawl, Simon Maude considers a few, new emerging issues
Practices are wrestling with how to account for GPs’ time spent responding to patients – GP Bryan Betty
The fear that giving patients full access
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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