Healthcare informatics

Next set of hospitals to receive government funding for electronic prescribing systems announced

The government has announced the next wave of hospitals that will receive funding to help switch from paper to electronic prescribing systems.…

Electronic medication systems risk patient safety if not implemented properly, safety body warns

Incomplete use of electronic medication systems, such as electronic prescribing and medicines administration can risk patient safety, a report from the independent Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.…

Electronic prescriptions to be introduced nationally from November 2019

Digital-only prescriptions will be introduced across England from November 2019, the pharmacy minister Jo Churchill has announced.…

First CCG enables all GPs to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically

Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has become the first in the country in which all GP practices are able to send electronic prescriptions that can be processed by any pharmacy.…

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.…

SCR access cuts medicines reconciliation time by nearly ten minutes per patient, study finds

Hospital pharmacists can save almost ten minutes per patient and identify more discrepancies when reconciling medication if they have access to the summary care record, according to research published in the Journal of Pharmacy Management.…

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.…