Elizabeth Deveny
53 posts
Elizabeth Deveny
@eldeveny
Chair @AUDDigitalHealth |CEO @CHFofAustralia I Experienced CEO + board director I PhD, Improving outcomes #Health #Digital #comsumers #GAICD
"In some respects, the health and aged care consumer is missing from the department’s considerations... While consumers are often involved in departmental consultation forums, it is not clear that their views carry the same weight as the views of health and care providers...
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@QLDCountryGP @eldeveny I have observed over the years that when informed consumers are actually able to make very complex decisions about the balancing of safety, quality, efficiency, resource allocation, value and other priorities in health care - this is why they need to be central to this debate.
@eldeveny A problem with health system discussions is consumers assume that health policy decisions will be based on safety & quality; when what I repeatedly see is decisions made on cost-cutting, political point-scoring, and lobbying & donations. Convenience is important but not #1.
@JenniferDoggett @eldeveny It is. Don’t think it's fair to equate them though. RACGP is a educational & standard setting college, Guild an organisation of retail pharmacy owners that exists to protect their interests. The fact the the latter has so much pull is indicative of our political systems issues.
@QLDCountryGP @JenniferDoggett @eldeveny There is a very good reason why diagnosing, investigating, following up, prescribing, or NOT prescribing as the case dictates, was separated from dispensing. There can be some sensible practical exceptions but wholesale removal of the distinction is not wise & certainly not safe.
@JenniferDoggett @eldeveny I would like the current Fed Gov to do what they said they would do before the election and ‘Save Medicare’ by providing a better subsidy for Australians to visit their GP. Instead we will have a pharmacist who is NOT A DOCTOR treating us, might as well use Doctor Google 🙄
@DrLiesel @eldeveny I can't answer that but I think it's vital that consumers are involved in the design of any pharmacy prescribing programs and in their evaluations.