From The Team

Medicine access inequity hides in plain sight. Book a free EPiC training session to look more closely at your team's prescribing. Our trainers will take you on a guided tour of the dashboard, explaining how to use the features of EPiC to interpret your data and reflect on your practice.

Click here to book your training. 

Contributor
He Ako Hiringa
7 September 2023

The number of youth receiving medicine for emotional and mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand has increased relative to previous years. Perhaps even more concerning, is the widening of the gap in prescribing to rangatahi Māori and young Pacific peoples compared to their peers of European/Other ethnicity.

Find out more in this press release. 

Contributor
He Ako Hiringa
28 June 2023

Our June newsletter features our youth mental health reflection activity and our upcoming webinar with Drs Cathy Stephenson and Arran Culver. It also highlights our free EPiC training sessions and resources about immune checkpoint inhibitors, triazolam, and ADHD medicine changes.

Read the newsletter here.

27 June 2023

Data reviewed by He Ako Hiringa suggest that 70,000 patients were still being dispensed cilazapril as at the end of May 2023. This ACE inhibitor is set to be delisted by the end of the year. Consider changing patients to another medicine now, to ensure a smooth pre-Christmas transition.

Find out more in this press release.

Contributor
He Ako Hiringa
22 June 2023

Take a look at the resources we are working on for delivery before the end of 2023.

If you are a subject matter expert who would like to contribute to our work, please email our education lead, andrea@akohiringa.co.nz

Contributor
He Ako Hiringa
18 April 2023