Renewed calls for electronic monitoring of meds
13th January 2015
A Victorian coroner has echoed previous calls for real-time script monitoring, following a sixth drug overdose linked to prescription medication.
As reported by Fairfax Media, coroner Jacinta Heffey says that the Department of Health must implement a real-time monitoring system to reduce the number of harms and deaths associated with pharmaceutical drugs.
Ms Heffey’s call follows an inquest into the death of a 38-year-old man,