Medicines and Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
In 2024, in lieu of a Medicines Roundtable, an online webinar event on was held on Wednesday 27 November, hosted by VicTAG and Safer Care Victoria.
The recordings of the event presentations are available below:
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Briana Baass, Chief Allied Health Officer, SCV and Paul Toner, Chair VicTAG |
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Medications for anaesthesia and beyond - balancing patient care & environmental concerns A/Prof Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Footscray ICU Director, Western Health, Associate Dean Sustainable Healthcare, University of Melbourne |
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The National Sustainable Asthma Care Roadmap Dr Mike Forrester, Consultant paediatrician – Barwon Health, Vic Chair – Doctors for the Environment Australia, Snr Research Fellow. Clinical Lead - Sustainable Health Network, Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University |
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Championing change in environmental sustainability Grace Wong, Medication Safety Pharmacist - the Royal Women's Hospital, and Founder Pharmacists for the Environment Australia |
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New directions – an overview of Climate Health Victoria Heidi Matkovich, Director Climate Health Victoria |
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Piloting the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience Healthcare Module James Katte, Manager, Digital Mental Health and Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare, National Standards, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
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One hospital pharmacy department’s journey towards environmental sustainability A/Prof Simone Taylor, Senior Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine and Research, Pharmacy Department, Austin Health, Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne |
The Medicines Roundtable is an event hosted by VicTAG and Safer Care Victoria. It is for Victorian clinicians with an interest in medication safety and quality, and it provides an opportunity to network with like-minded colleagues.
The 2023 Medicines Roundtable was held on Thursday 5th October where attendees heard the latest on anticoagulant safety and stewardship, medication risks at transitions of care from the perspectives of a consumer, GP and hospital pharmacists, equity of access and sustainability for high cost medicines, managing critical medicines shortages and more. The slides for the presentations are available below:
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Session 1: Anticoagulant safety and stewardship
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Health Service anticoagulation stewardship programs and challenges 1. Anticoagulation Stewardship Program, Alfred Health Hadley Bortz, Senior Pharmacist - Anticoagulation Stewardship, Alfred Health 2. Anticoagulation Stewardship (ACS) Program, Monash Health Tass Nalpantidis, Lead Anticoagulation Stewardship Haematologist, Monash Health 3. Northern Health Anticoagulation Stewardship Program Justin Neagle, Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist, Northern Health |
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Session 2: Medication risks at transitions of care
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Medication risks at transition of care: Hospital to Community Professor Lena Sanci, Chief GP Advisor, Victorian Department of Health; Chair and Head, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Melbourne |