# E-DRUG: Launch of Australian QUM Map, e-Promotion debate

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**Created:** [May 26, 1999, 12:58pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-launch-of-australian-qum-map-e-promotion-debate/5113 "1999-05-26T12:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Ken_Harvey)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 1999, 12:58pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-launch-of-australian-qum-map-e-promotion-debate/5113/1 "1999-05-26T12:58:15Z")

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E-drug: Launch of Australian QUM Map, e-Promotion debate  
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Dear Colleagues,

The QUM Map project is a good example of the innovative application of  
information technology (IT) and telecommunications in health.

The Map provides a graphical (mapped) interface to a Web accessible database  
of Australian Quality Use of Medicines(QUM) projects. If you have a Web  
browser, it is accessible at:

&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.qummap.health.gov.au/](http://www.qummap.health.gov.au/).

The aim was to:  
\* encourage networking of health professionals and consumer groups with  
similar interests;  
\* reduce inefficiencies and duplication of effort;  
\* show where activities are concentrated and where there are deficiencies;  
\* assist policy planning and resource allocation.

The "official" press release can be found at:

&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.health.gov.au/mediarel/yr1999/gt/gt99018.htm](http://www.health.gov.au/mediarel/yr1999/gt/gt99018.htm)

A related Australian Prescriber Editorial (Volume 22 Number 2 1999) can be  
found at:

&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.australianprescriber.com/](http://www.australianprescriber.com/)

Finally, there is an ongoing most interesting Web debate concerning the role  
of pharmaceutical promotion in GP prescribing software archived at:

&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/telehealth/telepres.htm#Promotion](http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/telehealth/telepres.htm#Promotion)

(if this long URL wraps please enter it all in your browser).

We have already had a helpful Canadian contribution from Joel Lexchin. I  
invite more international contributions to this important debate.

Cheers,  
Dr. Ken Harvey, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health,  
La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, Australia,  
Telephone +61 3 9479 1750, Facsimile +61 3 9479 1783,  
k.harvey@latrobe.edu.au  
Internet: [http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/kharvey/](http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/kharvey/)

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