New electronic controlled drug register for RAC homes

BESTMED has announced a new electronic controlled drug register designed for residential aged care homes that integrates with their existing transitional eNRMC medication management solution.

BESTtrack is a cloud-based solution that allows users to record and track multiple safes, access real-time comprehensive reporting and streamline pharmacy supply and ordering.

Since July 2022, up to $30 million in government grants has been made available to residential aged care providers to incentivise the adoption of transitional or CPv3.0 conformant Electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC) products.

This opportunity is due to the Supporting Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Initiative as part of the Residential Aged Care Quality and Safety — Improving Access to Primary Care and other Health Services 2021–22 Budget measure. Round 1 grant applications close 30 March 2023 with Round 2 starting 1 July 2023.

The new solution builds on the company’s existing technology and is designed to replace traditional paper-based recording methods, which can be susceptible to error. The new product is designed to allow residential aged care homes to securely track restricted S8 and S4D medications.

BESTMED CEO Phil Offer said, “Our roadmap, funded by a $3m annual development spend, is dedicated to solutions that improve medication management with the best-fit technology to address customer needs,” Offer said.

Currently in beta testing, BESTtrack will be available as an option in the rollout of upcoming releases, either integrated with BESTMED or as a standalone product. Registrations of interest are now open.

Image: BESTtrack; supplied.