Catalyst For Health Professionals Features
Helping health professionals achieve outstanding health outcomes with alternative medicine.
Education & Product Updates
Education for naive and expert health professionals. Standardised product information is kept up to date by product suppliers.
Alternative Medicine Database
Australia's first independent industry-supported medicine database. Think MIMS but for alternative medicines.
Product Feedback
Provide and access product feedback and experiences. Make data-informed product and treatment decisions.
And, it's 100% free to get started.
Education: from curious to capable
Evidence has shown that patients may benefit from alternative medicine. Knowing what you need to learn to provide patient-centred care is the challenge.
Whether you're investigating alternative medicine or you already prescribe/dispense but want to go deeper than the major ingredients, we're making the educational process simple.
Alternative Medicines Database
Make patient-centred product decisions.
There are 900+ products available in various forms and delivery methods in Australia. Review all of the resources and standardised product information you need to support your patients in one place.
- Find products with clinical trials.
- Access case studies, CoAs, PIs, stock and more.
- Assess common + rare active ingredients and terpene profiles.
- Compare products and batches side by side.
- Review patient-product feedback.
- Contact product suppliers via the platform.
Enhance clinical decisions with an independent alternative medicine database.
Digital solutions created with medical experts
Alternative medicines call for unique solutions. The Catalyst team consists of digital and technical experts with years of alternative therapy experience. We work closely with prescribers and industry partners in creating medical tech and look to advanced markets for inspiration.
Security: Privacy By Design
Whether you’re a healthcare practitioner, patient or part of the industry, your digital safety is paramount. Data security and your privacy are of utmost importance to the Catalyst team.
For each digital product we produce, we’ve put your data privacy and security first. In addition, we make your privacy a priority in business planning, training, project objectives and design processes, exceeding the required safety protocols required by law and transparently explaining them.
Features
Catalyst is free for all healthcare providers with an AHPRA registration.
Alternative Medicine Prescriber Education*
- Guide to prescribing alternative medicine in Australia
- Alternative medicines 101 - Benefits, side effects, drug interactions, delivery methods
- Prescriber 101 - Prescriber pathways, consultation framework, choosing products
Alternative Medicine Database
- Utilise the product list and filters to narrowing down possible product choices
- Search products based on active ingredients, terpene profile and more
- Review clinical evidence and case studies for products
- Compare products side by side based on product components and patient needs
- See what medications your peers are prescribing for similar conditions
- Access CoAs, CMIs and PIs on demand
Clinical, Product and Supplier Updates & Support (coming soon)
- Access up to date clinical information about cannabis
- Optin to receive product information when and how you want it.
- Reach out to product suppliers for support with the click of a button
- Find out about educational webinars and in person prescriber events
Frequently asked questions
I’m very new to alternative medicine, how can Catalyst help me?
Starting the journey of practising alternative medicine can be difficult. We've created an independent platform for you to get the foundational knowledge you need to start prescribing alternative medicine without the hassle from product suppliers.
When signing up you’ll get access to a series of articles that will teach you the basics of the most common active ingredients, the endocannabinoid system, side effects, contraindications and drug interactions and delivery methods.
By the time you finish with these resources you’ll be more empowered to start your product selection journey - reviewing products and reaching out to the product suppliers that you think might have the best products and services for you and your patients. Once you’ve started to prescribe, you’ll find the Alternative Medicines Database (AMD) to be a useful tool for talking about products with your patients and providing patients with important information like titration information, CoAs and CMIs.
I’m an experienced prescriber. How can Catalyst help me?
As an experienced prescriber you’ll know everything there is to know about the major active ingredients and the delivery methods available in Australia. You’re likely to be interested in tailoring treatments to patients using rarer active ingredients, terpenes,and your practical insights.
The alternative medicines database will give you the tools to start thinking about how alternative therapies fit into your medicines toolkit more strategically. Use the product comparison features to filter out products that don’t meet your requirements and compare those you’ve shortlisted.
You’ll use the medicines database and product lists to track the products you prescribe for specific indications and set aside those you might trial with new patients.
You may also want to start tracking patient results to gain further insights into the products you’re prescribing. As more prescribers use the product feedback features, Catalyst will turn that feedback into searchable data that you can then use to refine your product selection for better patient outcomes.
How can Catalyst help me become more patient focussed in my practice?
Your time is valuable as a health professional. We want to make sure that the time you’re spending learning about products and clinical data is focussed and easy to access. The less time you spend searching your inbox for that product/stock update or reaching out to a supplier for CoAs, titration guides up to date brochures, the more time you have to focus on your patients.
Catalyst provides you with one access point to all of the information you’ll need to enhance your practice of alternative medicine. Find out about alternative medicine specifics and events. Get product updates and stock notices without receiving dozens of emails. The product information you receive is unbiased with the goal of helping you make the best decision for your patient, no strings attached.
And, the best part is that the more you engage with Catalyst, the more you’ll get out of it. As more healthcare practitioners use the Alternative Medicines Database and feedback features, the more real world data you are able to use when making decisions for your patients.
Alternative medicine is about improving the health and wellness of the community. Catalyst is about simplifying the process for prescribers so you can focus on patients and the community.