JAC wins South African pharmacy contract
Medicines management software specialist JAC has won a contract to provide the latest version of its pharmacy management software to hospitals in the Western Cape province of South Africa. JAC, a subsidiary of Mediware Information Systems, has been awarded the new contract by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) of South Africa to implement the […]
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Patients divided on pharmacy records
Patient opinion is divided over whether pharmacists should have access to electronic records, with more than a quarter opposing such a move. A survey by the Patients Association found that more than 50% of patients are willing for their electronic records to be seen by pharmacists, but that just over 25% are strongly opposed to the idea. […]
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Guidance aims to boost use of EPS release one
Pharmacy bodies and Connecting for Health have teamed up to issue new guidance for pharmacists on release one of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in an attempt to boost take up of the service.
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First EPS release two site due next month
The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to go live in the next four to six weeks. Dr Manpreet Pujara, NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical director for the EPS, told the EMIS National User Group conference last week that it was hoped a GP system – not EMIS – […]
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Half of Scottish prescriptions sent electronically
Over half of all NHS prescriptions issued in Scotland are now sent electronically, latest figures show. Since the start of electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) in Scotland in January 2008, 7.72 million prescriptions have been sent electronically. In July this figure reached 1.955 million — more than 50% of all the prescriptions issued. ETP is […]
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DH gives go-ahead for EPS Release 2
A regulatory impact assessment has given the green light to the next stage of the Electronic Prescriptions Service – one of the national projects being undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health. The assessment considered whether the government should revert to paper prescriptions or the EPS Release 1, in which electronic messages are attached to paper […]
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London pharmacies use SMS for stop smoking drive
Pharmacies in London are to use text messaging to launch a smoking cessation campaign and offer customers support to kick the habit. The pharmacies will use iPLATO’s Patient Care Messaging for Pharmacies service to validate smoking status, invite “quitters” to smoking cessation services and “follow up” with them over a year. They will also receive […]
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New EPS clinical director appointed
Dr Manpreet Pujara, one of Connecting for Health’s national GP clinical leads, has been appointed as clinical director for the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Dr Puajara, a GP in Rochester, Kent, took over as GP clinical lead alongside Dr Peter Short in January and will now act as clinical director for the EPS as well […]
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DH group to look at wider NHS CRS access
The Department of Health has convened a group to look at widening access to the NHS Care Records Service including representatives from patients, nurses and pharmacists, according to Prof Michael Thick, Connecting for Health’s chief clinical officer. Prof Thick told last week’s Pharmaceutical Journal that the representative group was made up of various parties with […]
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