From: "Jeff Green" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:48 PM
> From PrivateRx
> "There's a common situation where the patient demands their script, the
pharmacy doesn't have it, and the receptionists swear
> black is white that its production shows on their computer screen and it
has therefore been produced, it's not in the surgery
> and therefore has been sent to the pharmacy, who must have 'lost' it.
>
> Gentle but firm discussion usually elicits that no-one in the surgery can
recall actually seeing the script, there are too
> many to remember, they are simply relying on the machine record. The
system in use is almost always found to be EMIS.
>
> There are any number of possibilities, but one of them is that the GP
system can produce a machine record without actually
> printing out the script."
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>
> This apparent link with EMIS systems was corroborated by another
pharmacist.
>
> Any further information anyone?
>
Yes it can, at the point when it asks you to key "enter" to confirm the
location the Rx is to be sent to, if you key "exit" it gives you a record
without printing. It's useful in some circs.
Fay
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