National Medicinewise Awards Announced

The winners of the biennial National Medicinewise Awards have been announced.
NPS MedicineWise executive manager and chair of the NMS 2014 Scientific Programming Committee, Ms Karen Kaye says the awards recognise outstanding Australian contributions to quality use of medicines and medical tests.
“We received nominations about a wide range of exciting and innovative quality use of medicines and medical test activities happening across Australia, and the winners in each of the seven categories are certainly each worth celebrating for their contributions,” she said.
The winners of each category are: 

Category
Winner
Organisation
Title

Living everyday with my heart failure

Excellence in consumer initiatives (community level)
Mary Hanna
Monash Health Pharmacy Department
Hospital Outreach Medication Review

Excellence in consumer initiatives (population level)
Rana Ahmed, Associate Professor Parisa Aslani, and Associate Professor Kirsten McCaffery
University of Sydney
Development of a question prompt list for parents and carers of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Excellence in e-Health resources
Dr Juliet Foster
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
E-Health resource 'inhaler reminders and feedback' improves adherence with asthma preventer treatment in primary care.

Excellence in health professional initiatives >$100,000
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Clinical guidance material for MRI referral

Excellence in health professional initiatives <$100,000
Angelina Lim
Monash University
MAMMA™ – Multidisciplinary Approach to Management of Maternal Asthma

Excellence in media reporting
Amy Corderoy
Sydney Morning Herald
Wellness Inc

 
“The National Medicinewise Awards recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions made by many different types of professionals who positively impact quality use of medicines and medical tests through a wide range of exciting and innovative initiatives,” Ms Kaye said.
“We were impressed to see that a number of this year’s winners took a collaborative approach to helping consumers and their carers as well as clinicians to be more medicinewise, including a resource developed with and for parents of children with ADHD and a multidisciplinary asthma management program.
“The programs awarded by the panel also demonstrated how good ideas can be translated into effective and implementable programs and resources.”
The panel of judges for the National Medicinewise Awards included:

• Professor Lloyd Sansom (University of South Australia)


• Professor Ric Day (University of New South Wales)


• Dr John D’Arcy (General practitioner and media personality)


• Debra Kay (Director, NPS MedicineWise and former CEO, Asthma Australia)


• Karen Kaye (NPS MedicineWise Executive Manager, Planning and Design)