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QR Codes launched in Australia

Earlier this week Australia saw the launch of QR codes on prescriptions.

This means that patients can now can pre-order their prescription medicines with their smart phone and avoid waiting whilst their medicines are dispensed. This is particularly great news to those in rural areas who are now able to pick up their scripts at their convenience.

Preliminary results of new consumer research show that improving patient safety and convenience are the two most significant factors driving people to use e-health and mobile apps for ordering their scripts and managing their medicines.

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Source: www.guild.org.au/news-events/forefront/volume-4-number-4/qr-codes-launched, Thursday 13 February 2014