Janet thanks everyone for attending the Medications Access Committee, and introduces you as the new representative from the Consumer Coalition. She requests that each of the other members introduce themselves for your benefit. The other members include representatives from local and federal government departments, health peak bodies and medical associations. You also see that John, who works at the local university is there, and recall that Rick, the previous Consumer Coalition representative, warned you that he didn't get along with him.
Janet asks for apologies, and then invites members to review the previous Minutes. After the Minutes are accepted by the Committee, she begins to move through the Action Items from the Minutes. She asks Derek, the representative from the Health Department to provide an update on the Online Medications Database.
Derek reports that in the last month they have 'piloted the portal with a test group of consumers, and obtained feedback on its accessibility, navigation, presentation and delivery', and that they will be publishing within the next two weeks. The Chair asks if anyone has questions or comments, and a few people glance at you because he mentioned the word 'consumer'. Although you read about the Online Medications Database in the previous Minutes, Derek's jargon doesn't make sense to you.