The Australian veteran population is on average 80 years of age with 5 or more chronic conditions.
Recognising that this results in veterans having complex medication needs, the Department of Veterans' Affairs has developed the Veterans' Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (Veterans' MATES) to assist in managing medicine use in the veteran community.
Veterans' MATES provides up-to-date health and medicine information for health professionals and veterans. A team of clinical experts contribute to the writing of this information which is specifically tailored for veterans and their health professionals.
Veterans' MATES uses data from prescription claims to identify members of the veteran community who may be at risk of medication misadventure and provides information which may assist in improving the management of their medicines. This information is tailored to an individual doctor's practice. The log-on facility allows registered practitioners to obtain their practice specific information. This information is available for doctors only.
Veterans' MATES topics cover a range of conditions and medicines and have included: warfarin, diabetes, insomnia, heart failure, falls, gout and medicines review.
Click on the following links for:
- Medicines Advice for veterans
- Therapeutic Education for doctors and pharmacists
- Information for doctors about continuing education points
- Information for pharmacists about continuing professional development points
- A list of Veterans' MATES publications
- Further information on Veterans' MATES
- Download current Pharmacy response form
