patient records

Technology long read: Time to be a record breaker

The Tony Blair Institute has called for a digital health record for every individual and read-write access to patient records is being rolled out across England’s community pharmacy network to support services like Pharmacy First. How are things progressing? Saša Janković investigates

CCA: Government must ‘closely examine’ Blair Institute patient record plans

The Blair Institute’s proposal of a digital health record would give community pharmacies wider access to patient records.

Cegedim appoint ex-Lindsay & Gilmour Pharmacy superintendent as MD

Cegedim Rx has appointed Phil Galt, who was also at the National Pharmacy Association as a director.

Medicine errors would fall 40 per cent with easier data transfer

An efficient digital transfer of information about patients’ medicines between pharmacists and GPs is needed, say researchers.

GPs: Pharmacists should have read-write access to basic information

Leading figures in general practice have warned personal medical information must remain private and confidential.

Babylon Health accidentally sends ICP erectile dysfunction patient details

Babylon GP at Hand forwarded a letter to Independent Community Pharmacist that was meant for The Independent Pharmacy.

SCR alert deemed a success but more tests to follow

A Reasonable Adjustment Flag on the SCR to indicate a learning disability or other impairment could be rolled out by the end of the year

Insight: PMR systems not fit for purpose

My mobile phone network knows that unless it keeps me happy I can easily (well, quite easily) move to another network. The same cannot be said about PMR systems.

It is very difficult to move to another supplier – particularly when the big companies provide pretty much the same offering in terms of price, service and technology. I just don’t get any sense that they view pharmacies as customers, and they seem to have little interest in the way that our businesses are changing.

Unless we can find a way to change this dynamic, the gap between what our technology can do, and what we want it to do, will grow and grow. This could potentially be crippling to pharmacy businesses in an age when customers are increasingly chasing digital by default and struggle to engage with analog pharmacy systems.