Electronic prescribing service piloted in urgent care in London
A pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings has been launched, NHS Digital has announced.
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Echo gets £7m funding boost for mobile prescription management app
Prescription management service Echo has secured £7 million in funding as it looks to expand collaboration with healthcare providers.
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Ewan Davis: EPS – is it my fault?
Ewan reflects wonders why he keeps running out of his repeat medication, ponders the hapless state of the so called Electronic Prescribing Service, fears that both are his fault, and says lessons need to be learned.
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Another view: of EPS and GP frustrations with ordering drugs online
Neil Paul wonders if the move to open up primary care systems to third parties could lead to better prescription services for patients. But what he’d really like is a rethink of how online ordering works for GPs.
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NHS Digital to pilot EPS ‘Phase 4’ with 16 GP practices
The next phase of the roll-out of the Electronic Prescription Service will be tested in a limited pilot of 16 GPs across England.
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Another view: of click and collect
Neil Paul wonders if his surgery needs an Amazon locker-style service for late-running patients, or a better electronic prescription service. A locker, says his head receptionist.
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