The Australian Department of Health has issued a request for tender for prescription delivery service (PDS) providers and for a single active script list registry (ASLR) provider as part of its review of the electronic prescription ecosystem.
The RFP says the department is looking to engage a single or multiple PDS providers – the current two are eRx Script Exchange and MediSecure Script Vault – as well as a single ASLR provider. The existing ASL registry is provided by Medication Knowledge, a joint venture between eRx and MediSecure.
Medication Knowledge also powers the National Data Exchange, the basis for prescription information used by the real-time prescription monitoring systems for controlled drugs of dependence that are rolling out around the country.
