Below are some useful web links to sites that are related to the activities of WATAG. These links and the content of the web sites are provided for information purposes and do not represent endorsement by WATAG. Please contact WATAG if you would like to recommend other relevant sites for display, or if a listed site becomes unavailable. Some of the web sites listed under the WA Department of Health are only available on the WA Health intranet.
- National and Inter-State Therapeutics Advisory Groups
- Drug Evaluation
- Patient Safety and Medication Safety
- National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC)
- Mental Health
- Western Australian Department of Health Sites
- Resources
- Professional Associations
National and Inter-State Therapeutics Advisory Groups
- Council of Australian Therapeutics Advisory Groups
- National Prescribing Service
- NPS RADAR
- New South Wales Therapeutic Assessment Group (NSW TAG)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee(PBAC)
- South Australian Medicines Advisory Committee
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
- Victorian Medicines Advisory Committee (VMAC)
- Victorian Therapeutics Advisory Committee (VicTAG)
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Drug Evaluation
- Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines (ACPM)
- Australian Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) - UK
- Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand (PHARMAC)
- Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
- The Cochrane Collaboration
- The Cochrane Library
- Therapeutics Initiative
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Patient Safety and Medication Safety
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Australian Patient Safety Foundation
- Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - US
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) - US
- Office of Safety and Quality (WA DoH)
- National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) - UK
- National Patient Safety Foundation - US
- National Prescribing Cirriculum [Login required]
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National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC)
- National Inpatient Medication Chart – NPS e-Learning Module [Free Logon and Registration required]
- National Inpatient Medication Chart – WA
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Mental Health
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Western Australian Department of Health Sites
- Fremantle Hospital
- Health Department of Western Australia
- Health Reform Implementation Taskforce (HRIT)
- King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women
- Pharmaceutical Reform in WA Public Hospitals
- Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia (PMCWA)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA Country Health Services
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Resources
- Australian Medicines Handbook
- Australian Prescriber
- Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal (NHMRC)
- Cochrane Foundation
- HealthInsite
- National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA)
- National Institute of Clinical Studies
- Therapeutic Guidelines
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Professional Associations
- Australian Medical Association
- Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
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