Electronic prescription service – Digital Health https://www.digitalhealth.net News | Networks | Intelligence Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:04:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.digitalhealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-dhi_roundal_512_wb-32x32.png Electronic prescription service – Digital Health https://www.digitalhealth.net 32 32 164930127 Industry news in brief https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/09/industry-news-in-brief-95/ https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/09/industry-news-in-brief-95/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:30:10 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=161627

The latest Digital Health News industry roundup features investment funding for Decently and Navenio and a milestone for Guy's and St Thomas'.

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The first award of grants has been made to two digital community pharmacy system suppliers by the Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund in Wales.

]]> 156089 Electronic Prescription Service fulfils one billion items a year https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/02/electronic-prescription-service-fulfils-one-billion-items-a-year/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=150001 Electronic Prescription Service

The Electronic Prescription Service is now responsible for fulfiling 95% of all prescription requests, with 2021/22 seeing it dispense 996 million items.

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The programme was rolled out nationally following a pilot in Leeds involving 113 pharmacies using PharmOutcomes and 83 GP practices using SystmOne.

]]> https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/03/pharmacies-to-share-flu-vaccine-data-with-gps-after-successful-pilot/feed/ 1 98239 Electronic Prescription Service to be rolled out nationally next month https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/10/electronic-prescription-service-to-be-rolled-out-nationally-next-month/ https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/10/electronic-prescription-service-to-be-rolled-out-nationally-next-month/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:05:27 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=90651

The service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medication, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

]]> https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/10/electronic-prescription-service-to-be-rolled-out-nationally-next-month/feed/ 2 90651 Portsmouth becomes first area to fully roll out electronic prescription service https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/08/portsmouth-roll-out-electronic-prescription-service/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=87675

NHS Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the first in the country to have 100% of their GP practices able to use the EPS.

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More than 90% of GP practices and pharmacies are already live with the EPS, but until now controlled drugs like morphine were not included on the system.

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Eight GP practices will trial the latest stage of NHS Digital’s electronic prescription service programme before the end of 2018.

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

]]> https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/12/dedalus-named-latest-supplier-for-scotland-epma-framework/feed/ 2 79125 Kent CCG goes live with mobile-based prescription ordering app https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/08/dartford-gravesham-and-swanley-ccg-go-live-prescription-ordering-app/ https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/08/dartford-gravesham-and-swanley-ccg-go-live-prescription-ordering-app/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:05:49 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=76069

Healthera will replace the traditional method of ordering through a pharmacy or GP within NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG from 3 September.

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