Prescribing

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31 January 2022

Northern Ireland’s health board pens deal with First Databank

The Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland has penned a deal which will see a primary care medicines
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19 November 2020

Leicester General Hospital deploys Nervecentre mobile EPMA system

Leicester General Hospital has deployed a mobile electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system from Nervecentre.
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3 September 2020

NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG deploys prescribing decision technology

A newly merged clinical commissioning group (CCG) as signed a new agreement which will see prescribing decision technology deployed.
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13 May 2019

Alcidon enters resellers agreement with Better by Marand

The provider which alerts hospital staff when patients are at risk of harm as made an agreement to help tackle
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Prescription
16 October 2018

Digital system to be piloted to help crack down on prescription fraud

Though the NHS Business Authority runs random checks, it is estimated that prescription fraud costs the NHS in England an
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9 August 2018

London docs get on board with electronic prescribing

All 1,311 GP surgeries in the capital can now use the electronic prescription service (EPS) to send prescriptions to pharmacists.
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A smartphone displaying the Echo app next to a box of medication
7 August 2018

Echo gives carers a helping hand with new medication management tool

The new feature on the app enables friends, family members or other carers to oversee a personā€™s medication and order
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Echo
26 April 2018

Confusion over repeat prescription app Echo after ordering error

A prescribing committee has flagged concerns about a repeat prescription app after a patient used it to mistakenly order the
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16 January 2018

Powys delivers mass roll-out of prescription software to GPs

Powys Health Teaching Board has deployed prescribing decision support software to GPs across mid-Wales with the aim of delivering better
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1 February 2017

Man wrongly arrested for prescription fraud after IT bungle

The Brighton man expected to walk out of the pharmacy with his medicine. Instead he walked out with a police
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