E-PRESCRIBING
EPS benefits for prescribing staff, for example GP practices, include:
• A reduction in workload generated by patients requesting and collecting individual prescriptions and the ability to make wider use of the repeat dispensing service;
• After reviewing electronic prescriptions on screen, prescribers can either sign electronic prescriptions individually or select multiple electronic prescriptions to sign. Potentially this will result in a considerable reduction in workload and make the prescribing process more efficient;
• Prescribers will also have the ability to cancel electronic prescriptions at any point up until they are dispensed and to record the reason they were cancelled;
• Where currently a GP practice operates a prescription collection service, staff will no longer need to sort (or post) prescriptions saving both time and resource.
EPS benefits for dispensing staff, for example pharmacies, include:
• It frees dispensing staff from the work associated with re-keying prescription information;
• As nominated electronic repeat prescriptions can be received prior to
the patient arriving, Release 2 allows dispensers to prepare medications in advance. It can also help them to manage stock control more effectively and order out-of-stock items in a timely manner;
• Dispensing staff currently offering prescription collection services will no longer be required to physically collect prescriptions from GP practices for patients who have nominated them;
• For electronic prescriptions, dispensers will be able to manage the submission of reimbursement endorsements electronically. This will reduce the volume of paper that needs to be sorted and posted at the end of each month.
Choice
Patients will always have the choice to request a paper prescription if they wish. If patients choose not to nominate a pharmacy then they can request that their prescriptions are not sent using EPS and collect them as they do now.
GPs will have the facility to apply a message to the electronic prescription with information for the patient. This could include reminders that a review is due, a blood test is due or that a flu vaccine is available.
EPS utilises strict role-based access control
At the moment in Salford, pharmacies and GP practices are still preparing for the introduction of EPS Release 2.
Once pharmacies become Release 2 compliant they will begin informing patients regarding nomination.
Patients should look out for the EPS sign which indicates that a pharmacy is using EPS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION E:
salford.eps@nhs.net W:
www.salford-pct.nhs.uk/ ElectronicPrescriptions.aspx
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via the use of smartcards to ensure that confidential patient information remains secure.
This means that healthcare professionals will only be able to access the information that is necessary for them to do their job.
For instance, pharmacists will only be able to view a patient’s medication; they won’t be able to see the full patient record held by the GP practice.
Smartcards also create an audit trail; this means that it will be possible to see who has accessed a patient record and why they needed to access the record.
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