Healthcare informatics

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.…

Pharmacists granted iPad access to patient records in NHS Digital trial

Staff at two Weldricks pharmacies in the north of England have started using iPads to access the summary care record in an effort to improve interaction with patients.…

Pharmacy2U accessed summary care records 31 times in a year, NHS Digital data show

Industry-leading online pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has accessed patients’ summary care records just 31 times over the past year, according to NHS Digital data on SCR use in pharmacies across England.…

Data-driven care: why pharmacy needs to get involved

Access to data will transform the NHS — it’s time pharmacists got to grips with clinical informatics, says Andrew Davies.…

Simple app helps patients take control of their medical appointments and treatments

Patient Access by patient.co.uk.…

‘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.…

Pharmacy access to full patient records is more critical than ever

Pharmacists must be given full access to patient records to enable them to expand their role in the health service and provide better patient care.…

Single-click access to patient records for pharmacists officially launched

More than 3,000 community pharmacies in England can now access their patients’ summary care records (SCRs) through a new one-click function.…

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.…

USB memory sticks could help reduce medicine errors after hospital discharge

Giving patients a USB device containing electronic medicine records at hospital discharge could help prevent medicine errors as they move between hospital and the community, a study published in the British Journal of General Practice has found.…