pbs.gov.au patients contribute, decentralised data entry, access to discussion forums on treatment
We are taking a list of Gov subsidised drugs and developing a three pronged engagement site. For health workers there is information on drug subsidy rules this is expanding to include accesss to indication data possible adverse events, dangers in drug combinations and discussion forums on newly subsidised treatments. For Patients we publish information about the prescribed drug its treatment information and cost, we are expanding to inform patient and carers of which drugs are being considered for subsidy and to comment via conversation strings, video walls, and direct submission. We are linking to evidence based sites and incorporating drug name finders and pill identifiers. For industry we are opening our source code for developers and developing a common semantic with other gov health sites, and for the pharmaceutical industry where we include information on how to apply for subsidy a range of web based templates and forms will assist the process as will wiki versions of the various guidelines. In addtion all parts of the site will use social media to better engage with our entire client base (ikky term that but accurate)