Home delivery in demand: MedAvisor

LISTED health technology provider MedAdvisor has seen a rapid uptake of its new ondemand home delivery features (PD 08 Mar) with more than 9,000 items already processed in the last two weeks.

The delivery platform is now available to pharmacies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in partnership with Kings, with the aim of helping pharmacies leverage the Federal Government’s recently announced $25 million package to deliver medications to those at risk in the community.

MedAdvisor has discounted the 5km radius fee for each delivery through Kings to $7.77 during the COVID-19 crisis, meaning it costs pharmacies nothing to deliver to eligible patients once a month because they can claim the full amount for the service.

More than 12,000 delivery claim forms, available through MedAdvisor’s PlusOne professional services module, have already been completed, while activation of the company’s Pay in Advance functionality has now expanded to almost 80% of its pharmacy clientele which are now offering the contactless feature to their patients.

MedAdvisor yesterday also announced that its telehealth service was now live, through an extension of its GP Link technology which enables MedAdvisor patients to access a GP from the convenience of their own home.

That means MedAdvisor’s platform now facilitates end-toend remote medical consultation, pharmacy engagement and medication delivery.

The company has seen an increase in the rate of new user activations on the MedAdvisor platform during the coronavirus pandemic “and is proud to offer Australians and the Australian health system assistance as we work together to address the challenges that are present in these trying times,” said MD Robert Read.