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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluation of Medication Prescribing Applications Available in Australia.

Riya Amin, Melissa Cato, Sasha Rahavi, Kristin Tran, Kenneth Lee, Elton Lobo, Deanna Mill, Amy Page, Sandra Salter

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Riya AminSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Melissa CatoSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Sasha RahaviSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-2889-6497
Kristin TranSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Kenneth LeeSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3022-4868
Elton LoboDepartment of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
Deanna MillSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Amy PageSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2084-8469
Sandra SalterSchool of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5840-6797

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prescription request applications (apps) have changed the way consumers can obtain prescription-only medications. However, there is a lack of research surrounding such apps and their potential risks to consumers. We conducted an Australian study to (1) identify and characterise prescription request apps available in Australia and (2) assess whether prescription request apps in Australia adhere to guidelines for safe prescribing. Three online platforms (iOS App Store, Google Play store and Google search engine) were searched using 14 different search terms. Prescription request apps were identified based on pre-defined inclusion criteria. To determine whether the prescription request apps adhere to a safe prescribing framework, five medications were selected, and their corresponding consultation questionnaires were assessed against the Australian National Prescribing Service MedicineWise

Indexed as

digital healtheHealthmedication safetyonline medicationspotentially inappropriate prescribingprescribingprescription request appssafe prescribing

Identifiers

PMID36961027
PMCPMC10037640

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