E-Prescribing

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3 December 2009

One in 10 prescriptions have errors

One in 10 written hospital prescriptions contain mistakes, most are minor and spotted but some are potentially lethal. In many cases
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26 October 2009

Great Ormond Street completes JAC EPMA

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has become the first paediatric hospital in the UK to complete a
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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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4 September 2009

Reported drug errors increase, says NPSA

The incidence of reported drug errors leading to avoidable deaths and patient harm is on the increase, according to a
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29 July 2009

EPS R2 goes live in Leeds

Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service has gone live at its first site in Leeds, NHS Connecting for Health
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23 July 2009

NHS IOW cuts costs with ScriptSwitch

NHS Isle of Wight says it has cut its prescribing costs to more than 9% below the national average through the
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14 July 2009

Scotland delivers e-prescription service

Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with
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3 July 2009

InterSystems wins Jersey record deal

The States of Jersey Health and Social Services Department has announced that will develop an island-wide integrated care record using
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17 June 2009

Perot to help implement Meditech at Rotherham

US health software firm Meditech has announced that Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has selected its 6.0 Health Care Information System
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19 May 2009

Three more early adopters for Lorenzo

E-Health Insider has identified an NHS acute trust, a primary care trust and a mental health services trust as the
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