Electronic prescribing

E-prescribing in hospital: ten ways to make it a success

Some hospital trusts are making progress towards replacing paper prescriptions with their electronic counterparts, but others are yet to make the switch. Here are ten tips for successful implementation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems.…

Paper prescriptions will be a rare sight by next year, says NHS Digital programme lead

Paper prescriptions will become “a rare thing to see” over the next 12 months, according to NHS Digital’s programme director for digital medicines.…

‘A blessing and a curse’: the struggle to introduce e-prescribing

NHS England has set an ambitious target to be paperless by 2024, a major part of which is implementing electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems in hospitals. Although progress is being made, there remain challenges to overcome.…

Electronic prescribing does not prevent most harmful paediatric prescribing errors, study finds

Electronic prescribing systems in England do not prevent the majority of harmful prescribing errors from occurring in the hospital paediatric setting, study results published in The BMJ show.…

Electronic prescribing and medication administration in hospital could be linked to error increases, study finds

Hospital electronic prescribing and medication administration may be linked with an overall increase in medication errors, a study published in BMC Health Services Research  has found.…

Community pharmacy vital to deploying ‘Big Data’ and artificial intelligence in practice, says PGEU

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union says community pharmacy could use new technologies to dedicate more working time to providing patient care, use patient data to provide a more personalised healthcare service and utilise mobile health tools to identify at-risk patients.…

The GP pharmacists leading a life-saving medicines safety project

A major initiative by pharmacists to reduce risky medicines use in the community will be rolled out across the country after it was found to reduce serious adverse events.…

NHS rolls out digital prescription prepayment certificates following successful pilot

Patients are now able to apply online for an instant digital prescription prepayment certificate following a successful national pilot.…

Electronic prescribing could have halted Gosport tragedy, RPS report says

The inappropriate use of opioid drugs, which was at the heart of the Gosport War Memorial Hospital scandal, could have been identified sooner if electronic prescribing had been in place.…

The Carter review: how are hospitals measuring up?

Two years on from Lord Carter’s 2016 review of hospital efficiency, The Pharmaceutical Journal looks at the progress pharmacy departments in England are making towards meeting his challenging targets.…