ScriptSwitch partner with First DataBank on Multilex
A new partnership will enable the implementation of First Data Bank’s Multilex Drug Datafile into ScriptSwitch’s real-time prescribing decision support software for primary care organisations. ScriptSwitch is a software package developed in partnership with the NHS which sets out to improve clinical excellence by supporting the prescriber. It delivers concise medicines management guidelines at the […]
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GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers
A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed anti-impotence drug Viagra by doctors. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board said the error was due to a computer glitch at two city GP practices, according to a report by BBC Scotland. The Health […]
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Ascribe trials medicine management in Manchester
A new electronic medicines management solution, developed by software provider Ascribe, is being trialled at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The software allows medicines prescribed from the patient’s bedside to be automatically screened and recorded, then ordered and dispensed from the hospital pharmacy, which also runs Ascribe software. Mark Hindle, group project manager at Ascribe, told […]
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Winchester first on second generation e-prescribing
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first UK trust to install a second generation Electronic Prescribing and Medication Administration system, developed by JAC Computer Services. The 450-bed Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester is thought to be first UK hospital trust to replace an existing EPMA with a next generation system, a […]
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GP wins award for recall system
Dr Lorna Dunlop, GP at Riverview Medical Centre, Johnstone has won the IT Innovation Award for Best Use of IT in Practice at the Scottish Clinical Information Management in Practice (SCIMP) conference for her eponymous Dunlop Recall Management programme. The system helps to co-ordinate care around chronically ill patients, through an electronic system to monitor […]
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MHRA target UK illegal drug websites
The Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory Authority have conducted raids on five UK-based websites thought to be selling unlicensed or prescription-only medicines. Officers from the MHRA visited sites in Colchester, Canterbury, Preston, and Harrow and Hayes in Middlesex and seized computer equipment and substances such as ephedrine, a synthetic derivative of amphetamine often sold as […]
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Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence
A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could improve medication adherence among patients. Partners Healthcare Telemedicine Group (PHTG) has appointed software developers Claricode Inc to test whether using a coloured flashing light on a Smart Pillbox, connected to a mobile phone network, would […]
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Irish Pharmaceutical Union chooses First DataBank
Drug data experts First DataBank Europe have signed a new partnership with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to provide its members with enhanced clinical decision support. The IPU currently provides members with a complete list of drugs which are authorised for prescribing in Ireland, through their extensive product file dispensing list software, but this does not […]
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Sunderland PCT implements substance misuse EHR
Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has become the first NHS trust to try the new CareNotes Substance Misuse System, in a two-year deal worth £35,000. The software was launched by Strand Technology in March and is the first IT solution for substance misuse to combine both electronic patient care records with a prescribing module. Dave […]
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Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing
Trusts are being urged to move forward faster with e-prescribing and the use of robotics to automate hospital pharmacies by the leader of the Healthcare Commission’s medicines management review. Review lead, Julia Sonander, was speaking to E-Health Insider following publication of comparative assessments on medicines management for all 173 acute hospital trusts in England. Eighteen hospital […]
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