ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health has implemented SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, a Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) system. SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø provides prescribers and pharmacists with access to a patient's prescription history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines, which are prone to misuse or can cause dependence. The information in the SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø system helps prescribers and pharmacists to make safer clinical decisions for their patients.
This fact sheet is for prescribers and pharmacists who operate close to and across State and Territory (S/T) borders. It explains what patient information is included in SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the eligibility requirements to register for the system.
Information about a patient's prescribing and dispensing history for monitored medicines will be included in SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as long as their recorded address (as part of the prescribing/dispensing transaction) and/or the clinical transaction takes place in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The table below describes the possible scenarios.
All Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) registered practitioners are eligble to register and use SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to view ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø patient prescribing and dispensing of certain high-risk medicines to their patients.
Practitioners are permitted to view a patient record in SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø when:
Practitioners are not to view any other patient records for any other reason.
The table below describes the possible scenarios in which a practitioner would use SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
Interstate practitioners are eligible to access SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø if they treat a patient who ordinarily resides in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø or receives treatment from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø practitioners. This includes when providing telehealth services. When registering for SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, you will be required to read and acknowledge your legal and privacy obligations in the system.
Please note that the data collection approaches vary between jurisdictions. Equivalent systems of SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø may or may not include interstate records. It is recommended to use the state's jurisdiction's RTPM system in conjunction with SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to ascertain the whole patient's prescribing and dispensing activity. For example, a prescriber who operates near the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø state border and has ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Queensland patients may want to use Queensland's 'QScript' system and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø system to search for and view their patient's records.
For enquiries about SafeScript ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, contact safescript@health.nsw.gov.au​