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21 December 2006

ScriptSwitch partner with First DataBank on Multilex

A new partnership will enable the implementation of First Data Bank’s Multilex Drug Datafile into ScriptSwitch’s real-time prescribing decision support
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13 December 2006

GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers

A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed
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24 November 2006

Ascribe trials medicine management in Manchester

A new electronic medicines management solution, developed by software provider Ascribe, is being trialled at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The
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14 November 2006

Winchester first on second generation e-prescribing

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first UK trust to install a second generation Electronic Prescribing and
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7 November 2006

GP wins award for recall system

Dr Lorna Dunlop, GP at Riverview Medical Centre, Johnstone has won the IT Innovation Award for Best Use of IT
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28 September 2006

MHRA target UK illegal drug websites

  The Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory Authority have conducted raids on five UK-based websites thought to be selling unlicensed or
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4 September 2006

Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence

A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could
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31 August 2006

Irish Pharmaceutical Union chooses First DataBank

Drug data experts First DataBank Europe have signed a new partnership with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to provide its members
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29 August 2006

Sunderland PCT implements substance misuse EHR

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has become the first NHS trust to try the new CareNotes Substance Misuse System, in
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16 August 2006

Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing

Trusts are being urged to move forward faster with e-prescribing and the use of robotics to automate hospital pharmacies by
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