Pharmacists – Digital Health

PRSB’s Community Pharmacy Standard will help unlock local pharmacists’ potential

DHI — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:30:06 +0000

Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith.

Looking beyond job titles in the world of data, digital and clinical informatics

DHI News Team — Thu, 26 May 2022 07:00:12 +0000

Ramandeep Kaur and Ronke Adejolu discuss the impact numerous titles are creating in the data, digital and clinical informatics field.

Electronic Prescription Service to be pushed out nationally across urgent care

Owen Hughes — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:00:30 +0000

Use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is being rolled out nationally across urgent care settings following a successful pilot.

Emis gives pharmacists GP record access

Sam Sachdeva — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 23:00:05 +0000

Emis has launched new software to enable more than 2,500 community pharmacies to view patients’ electronic GP records, following a push from pharmacists for better access to clinical information.

Pharmacists want SCR access

Lis Evenstad — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:00:01 +0000

Access to the Summary Care Record is essential, a community pharmacist has said as NHS England considers launching a pilot scheme.

Bury tops EPS usage

Rebecca Todd — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:00:10 +0000

NHS Bury Clinical Commissioning Group has deployed the Electronic Prescription Service Release 2 to all of its practices and has the best usage figures in the country.

Hope: first EPS R2 site this summer

Fiona Barr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:05 +0000

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to begin this summer, according to the Department of Health. Care services minister Phil Hope told MPs in response to a parliamentary question that one GP system and one pharmacy system are completing the final stages of clinical safety testing. […]

Pharmacists want to offer biometric ID

Fiona Barr — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:19:35 +0000

Community pharmacists are lobbying to take part in the government’s national identity card scheme by offering a biometric identity service.

New logo identifies safe online pharmacy

Fiona Barr — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:00:05 +0000

One in four GPs have treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought online, according to a survey. The poll of 483 GPs carried out by GP newspaper found that 25% reported treating patients for adverse reactions to drugs bought on the web and a further 8% said they may have done so. Dr Bill […]

Vascular pods from Telehealth Solutions

Sarah Bruce — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0000

Telehealth Solutions has developed a series of ‘pods’ or touch-screen devices that it says can be used to support the national vascular checks programme. The government announced last year that it would begin rolling-out free vascular screening for 40-74 year-olds in April 2009. Primary Care Trusts have been told to develop their own informatics solutions to support […]