Real Time Prescription Monitoring

IMPORTANT   Real Time Prescription Monitoring for Tasmania (TasScript) will be included in the April 2024 data update in preparation for TasScript's official launch on 1 May 2024.

This article describes how to enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring in Bp Premier. Real Time Prescription Monitoring is a clinical tool that can assist doctors and pharmacists in making safer decisions when prescribing certain high-risk medicines and preventing patient misuse.

From 1 May 2024, Real Time Prescription Monitoring will be available in all Australian states and territories. See Real Time Prescription Monitoring availability for more information.

Visit the Department of Health and Aged Care website to learn more about Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM).

Before you begin

Providers must be configured with eRx Script Exchange before they can enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring in their Bp Premier user preferences.

Bp Premier will check Real Time Prescription Monitoring when monitored drugs are prescribed if:

• The logged-in provider has been set up for eRx Script Exchange.
• The current patient has a DOB and Sex recorded in demographics.

Enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring

1. From the main screen of Bp Premier, select Setup > Preferences (or press Shift + F5).

Preferences in Bp Premier are user-specific. You must enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring for each user individually by selecting them from the User name: drop-down menu.

2. Select the Prescribing tab.
3. Tick Enable real-time prescription monitoring.



4. Click Save & Close.

Real Time Prescription Monitoring will now be enabled when you prescribe or represcribe monitored drugs.

Prescribe with Real Time Prescription Monitoring

After you enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring for a prescriber, you do not need to do anything else. When a prescription for a drug listed as monitored is printed, marked as printed in the New Rx wizard, or sent as an eScript token, Bp Premier will automatically connect to the Real Time Prescription Monitoring database (The National Data Exchange, or NDE), perform checks, and indicate the results.

For example, the following 'Green' result from Real Time Prescription Monitoring indicates that the current patient has no recent scripts for the monitored drug.

Real Time Prescription Monitoring will return a Green, Amber, or Red message based on the patient's prescription history. The provider can choose to proceed or cancel based on the information supplied.

NOTE  Custom preparations are not checked against the National Data Exchange, regardless of whether a monitored drug has been added as an ingredient.

Real Time Prescription Monitoring availability

State	Status	Further information
Victoria (SafeScript)	Available	Victoria Department of Health website
New South Wales (SafeScript NSW)	Available	Safescript NSW website
Queensland (Q-Script)	Available	QScript learning website
South Australia (ScriptCheckSA)	Available	Scriptcheck SA website
Tasmania (TasScript)	Available 1 May 2024	Tasmania Department of Health website
Western Australia (ScriptCheckWA)	Available	Western Australia Department of Health Website
ACT (Canberra Script)	Available	ACT Department of Health website
Northern Territory (NTScript)	Available	NT Health website

What if Real Time Prescription Monitoring is not available in my state yet?

In anticipation of future integrations, the option to enable Real Time Prescription Monitoring is available in Bp Premier regardless of which state you are in. Best Practice Software recommend that you do not enable RTPM in Bp Premier until Best Practice Software advise that this option is now available in your state.

If Real Time Prescription Monitoring is not yet available in your state but it has been enabled in Bp Premier, you may receive an error message stating that Real Time Prescription Monitoring is not active.

To avoid this error, follow these steps to disable Real time Prescription Monitoring:

1. From the Bp Premier main screen, select Setup> Preferences (or press Shift + F5). Select the Prescribing tab.
2. Untick Enable real-time prescription monitoring.
3. Click Save & Close.

Troubleshooting

If Bp Premier cannot connect to Real Time Prescription Monitoring, a 'Real Time Prescription Monitoring is unavailable' message will be displayed. Check your internet connection, and contact Real Time Prescription Monitoring if internet is available but you are unable to connect.

Last updated 21 March 2024.