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Tablet tests

How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and
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InPS and TPP get go-ahead on electronic prescriptions

Two of the major GP system suppliers have been given the go-ahead to roll-out their electronic prescription service (EPS) software
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EPS passes million scrips milestone

More than a million prescriptions have been transmitted via the Electronic Prescription Service, Connecting for Health has announced. The agency
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Pharmacists told no deadline for EPS

Pharmacy representatives have told pharmacists that there is no deadline to implement the electronic prescription service (EPS) in fresh advice
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NPfIT could ‘transform’ drug reaction reporting

Reporting of adverse drug reactions in England could be transformed by systematic collection through the National Programme for IT, according
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QicSCRIPT upgraded for medicine use reviews

Pharmacy software solution QicSCRIPT has been upgraded with appointment scheduling and patient identification systems so that pharmacists can deal with
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Students trial Mentor as teaching aid

Pharmacy students at Liverpool’s John Moores University (JMU) will be the first in the country to use the Mentor decision
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PCTs register a third of pharmacists for smartcards

Around one in three community pharmacists have been registered to use a smartcard to use the electronic prescription service (EPS)
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Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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First full rollout of e-MAS service claimed

  Co-operative Group Pharmacy is claiming that it has become the first in Scotland to implement the electronic Minor Ailments
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