e-scripts
Pharmacy or ‘phactory’
Is your pharmacy really about patients and their care or is it a script processing factory/‘phactory’ for them? While there is strong evidence of organised production during ancient and medieval …
Managing e-scripts remains a challenge
Consumers and health professionals report challenges in managing token-based electronic prescriptions Data from the Australian Digital Health Agency’s (ADHA’s) National Electronic Prescribing Survey reveals that patients, prescribers and pharmacists are …
NZ hit by near total e-script outage
95% of country’s pharmacies unable to dispense electronically after unplanned firewall disruption An external security update has brought down New Zealand’s e-Prescription Service (NZePS) service, with disruption to 95% of …
Digital Health Update—responding to issues, incidents and patient queries
Significant developments in the digital health space over the last few years mean that most pharmacies are now operating with hybrid workflows between paper and electronic prescriptions, the Active Script …
No room for complacency with e-scripts
Electronic prescriptions do not eliminate dispensing errors Pharmacists are being urged to check electronic prescriptions as thoroughly as they would paper-based scripts. Speaking during a digital health update webinar …
Fred IT to host national electronic prescription service
Fred IT Group has been awarded the contract to deliver the next phase of the national electronic prescription delivery service for the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care …
‘It’s time that public hospitals catch up.’
Royal Perth Hospital has achieved a national milestone, as the first public hospital to offer electronic scripts that can be dispensed at community pharmacies The service is a joint project …
E-script national network complete with NT
Electronic prescriptions are now transacting across Australia, with the Northern Territory’s successful dispense of its first paperless electronic prescription on 1 September eRx Script Exchange has now successfully enabled electronic …
Western Australia dispenses first electronic prescription
Western Australia prescribed and dispensed its first paperless electronic prescription this week Plaza Medical Centre and Wizard Pharmacy achieved the State’s first electronic prescription, which was prescribed and dispensed in …
Key points on image-based dispensing
PDL says it has received a number of calls from pharmacists about supplying certain medicines via a digital image of a script PDL has issued an update for its Queensland …
The week in review
As restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic relax around the country, it’s been a busy week for the pharmacy sector The Pharmacy Guild’s Suzanne Greenwood asked why pharmacists aren’t recognised …
Qld passes digital scripts arrangements
Queensland is the latest state to allow the prescribing of PBS medicines through a digital image Under the special arrangement, which begins Monday 18 May, prescribers can provide a digital image or …