It’s almost a decade since the Audit Commission called for e-prescribing in secondary care. Progress has been slow, but that may be about to change.

Daloni Carlisle reports.

Front-line EPMA from the medicines management experts

When it comes to e-prescribing and administration, clinicians need to be sure that all the information is available, that all the clinical checking has been done and that they have the support of the pharmacy services behind them.

For nearly 30 years, JAC has been developing and expanding an integrated medicines management solution that extends from the pharmacy to the front-line. With half of NHS trusts now using the JAC solution as their primary medicines management system, we have developed an unrivalled expertise in this uniquely complex field.

Today, we are proud to say that we have completed trust-wide roll-outs of EPMA in adult, paediatric and mental health settings across the UK. We look forward to continuing working closely with all of our clients to ensure safe and efficient medicines management for everyone.

E-mail: info@jac-pharmacy.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1268 416348 (Jonathan Mills)
Web: www.jac-pharmacy.co.uk

Ascribe’s ePrescribing system

Ascribe’s ePrescribing system is a web-based, enterprise-class solution that directly improves patient safety by providing real-time clinical decision support (on allergies and drug interactions) and reductions in transcription errors. Trusts can customise its workflow configuration to meet local process and clinical governance requirements.

The system can be integrated with other clinical systems and provides data that can be used to populate the patient’s electronic health record and inform future care decisions.

E-mail: Simon.mehlman@ascribe.com
Tel: +44 (0) 870 0851 359 (Simon Mehlman)
Web: www.ascribe.com

First DataBank

First DataBank is the UK's leading provider of drug databases and electronic clinical decision support. When integrated into clinical systems, our products enable safer prescribing, dispensing and administration.

Our new secondary care e-prescribing solution provides the individual elements of a medication and dose, enabling a prescription to be built step by step by all members of the clinical team. It is currently being integrated into leading secondary care prescribing applications.

E-mail: info@firstdatabank.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 440 100 (Clare Gibbon)
Web: www.firstdatabank.co.uk