E-Prescribing

Archive
24 February 2020

Boots teams up with Doctor Care Anywhere to offer e-prescriptions

The service gives patients the option to have their prescriptions sent electronically to a Boots pharmacy within minutes of their
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The team behind UHB's PICS tool
19 November 2019

University Hospitals Birmingham eliminates prescription errors with in-house tool

An electronic prescription tool developed by staff has reduced the number of errors when prescribing a drug for paracetamol overdoses
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6 November 2019

‘Significant safety risk’ surrounds e-prescribing after drug mix-up

The report found communication and transfer of information between secondary care, primary care and community pharmacy posed safety risks.
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1 November 2019

Government pledges Ā£26m to upgrade digital prescribing systems

The funding will also be used to connect patient history and replace outdated paper systems, with the aim of reducing
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21 June 2019

IMS MAXIMS and Better join forces to provide e-prescribing software

The move will give NHS trusts the option to buy an e-prescribing system that integrates seamlessly with the MAXIMS software
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4 March 2019

Torbay and South Devon deploys Dedalus ePMA solution

The solution, supplied by Dedalus, was been introduced on six medical wards, one ambulatory unit and two emergency admissions units
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A map of Scotland
5 December 2018

Dedalus named latest supplier for Scotland ePMA framework

The Ā£15m framework covers 14 regional health boards and two national hospitals, including the State Psychiatric and the Golden Jubilee.
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3 December 2018

Thirteen trusts first in line for Ā£78m e-prescribing fund

The trusts will be the first to receive a share of Ā£78m to support electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
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A graphic depicting various medicines
13 September 2018

Musgrove Park Hospital sets its sights on open source ePMA

The OPENeP medicines management system is built on Marandā€™s Think!EHR Platform, a vendor-free solution for managing electronic health record data.
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12 July 2018

Safer Prescribing in the UK

Medicines optimisation ā€“ ensuring the right patient gets the right drug for them, at the best possible value ā€“ is
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