Carl Cooper BA BPharm Grad Dip MEd AACP

Carl Cooper BA, BPharm, Grad Dip, MEd, AACP Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice (CSU) Accredited Pharmacist (Medication Reviews) Presenter Immunisation in Community Pharmacy (PGA) Board Member MPHN & MLHB Drugs in Sport (UTAS) 2016 Community Pharmacy Proprietor (2012 to 2016) QUMAX facilitator Western NSW ‘Closing the Gap’ 2013 School of Biomedical Sciences

Recent e. Health Related Projects • Mapping Prescribing across the UK https: //openprescribing. net • Medview and e. Rx (Community Pharmacy) https: //www. fred. com. au/2016/04/uber-awakening-for-pharmacy/ • Electronic Prescribing and Patient Safety http: //www. erx. com. au/for-doctors/how-erx-works/ • Project Stop and monitoring of pseudoephedrine use http: //www. aic. gov. au/publications/current%20 series/tandi/501520/tandi 509. html School of Biomedical Sciences

Recent e. Health Related Projects • Real time monitoring of Drugs of addiction http: //www. doctorportal. com. au/mjainsight/2016/41/real-timeprescription-monitoring-cant-work-alone/ • Recreational drug use and social attitudes http: //www. druginfo. adf. org. au/topics/quick-statistics • Use of smart phones and patient monitoring http: //www. amta. org. au/pages/Mobile. Use. in. Hospitals School of Biomedical Sciences

Expertise applicable to e. Health related Research Patient is now at the centre of healthcare and should not be seen as a passive observer of their health needs Pharmacists with the use of technology will be able to manage medications and offer advice. In an open prescribing landscape, the medication team will be able to ‘see’ other prescribing and improve safety for the patient. With the advent of cloud technology, access to patient history across all health professionals reduces risk and shares the benefits for the patient. School of Biomedical Sciences

Current e. Health related issues State/Federal – Hospital (LHD)/Medicare (PHN) NSW Health has invested heavily into an electronic system for managing their patient in hospital http: //www. ehealth. nsw. gov. au/programs/clinical/emr-connect/emeds Federal government has continued funding for the Personal Health Record https: //myhealthrecord. gov. au/internet/mhr/publishing. nsf/content/home Discharge of patients from acute care to community care – why is the communication so difficult? Governments are concerned that patients are representing to the acute system after being discharged - can medication reconciliation and the use of liason pharmacists redress the avoidable admissions associated with medication misadventure? School of Biomedical Sciences

Contact ccooper@csu. edu. au School of Biomedical Sciences