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The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program: where to from here?

Lynn M Weekes
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/mja13.10235
Published online: 2 September 2013

To the Editor: I would like to endorse the call for better health data standards across Australia.1 However, while standardisation is a long-term goal, we at NPS MedicineWise believe that more can be done now, even with current limitations.


  • NPS MedicineWise, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: lweekes@nps.org.au

Competing interests:

MedicineInsight is an NPS MedicineWise program implemented under a contract with the Department of Health and Ageing to better understand how medicines are used in the Australian general practice setting, in order to inform policymakers and prescribers about areas for improvement that can lead to better health outcomes and cost savings.

  • 1. Britt HC, Miller GC. The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program: where to from here? Med J Aust 2013; 198: 125-126. <MJA full text>

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