Prescribing

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19 February 2013

Prescribing tool launched

Primary care researchers have launched a tool to help reduce the risk of commonly made drug prescribing errors.
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4 January 2013

Cards could link exercise and benefits

Councils could use smartcards to link prescribed exercise packages to benefits, a think-tank report on the role of local authorities
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5 September 2012

33 PCTs get EPS R2 approval

A further 33 primary care trusts have been approved to roll-out Release 2 of the Electronic Prescriptions Service.
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6 July 2012

Pace picks up on EPS R2

INPS has rolled out the Electronic Prescription Service Release 2 to 125 practices, and the Department of Health is looking
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2 May 2012

GP prescribing ‘could be improved by IT’

Better use of computer systems in general practice could reduce errors in GP prescribing, which are currently found in one
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24 August 2010

Doctors call for UK prescribing chart

Doctors have called for a standardised prescribing chart for Scotland and for steps to be taken to develop a standardised chart
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9 February 2010

EMIS LV repeat service from Pharmacy2U

Pharmacy2U has launched an online repeat requesting service for pharmacists and patients in a partnership with GP software supplier EMIS.
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5 January 2010

£1.7m for My Health Online

The Welsh Assembly Government has announced it will invest £1.7m in a bilingual website that will enable patients to book
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21 September 2009

Merseyside chooses JAC for e-prescribing

The North Mersey Health Informatics Service has selected JAC to provide an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system to more
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6 August 2009

Scotland edges closer to PMS contract

NHS National Services Scotland has told E-Health Insider that it is close to making a decision on the contract for
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