Telehealth clinics ‘misleading’ inexperienced doctors into poor prescribing: AHPRA
The watchdog said it is cracking down on businesses that seek to 'take advantage of consumer demand'.
Telehealth corporates and cannabis clinics are misleading early-career doctors who do not realise they are prescribing inappropriately, AHPRA is warning.
The watchdog has announced a crackdown on doctors, pharmacists and nurses who “are cashing in“ on patient demand for cannabis or compounded medicines such as semaglutide.
It said that clinics built around prescribing one “predetermined“ medicine risked putting profits ahead of patient safety.
It was also concerned that “potentially vulnerable”, inexperienced practitioners could be “misled” into thinking the scripts were appropriate.
