Ewan Davis wrote:
> Some GP systems (certainly TPP SystmOne) will allow you to prescribe at dm+d
> AMPP (actual medical product pack) level which will allow prescribing of a
> particular brand or manufacturer.
I see loads of generic scripts where a manufacturer is specified.
Overwhelmingly it is for no reason and is ignored. (Just like the word
AEROSOL that seems to appear under hypromellose eye drops 0.3% scripts.)
> AMPP's are often excluded from picking
> lists as in is not generally desirable to prescribe a particular brand of
> generic and it may require some extra keystrokes to get them to display. I a
> pretty confident that this approach will work with ETP.
At my end of the system ETP hides information that was on my PMR - stuff
like which brand of diltiazem.
It's not all bad though - it stops some of the common pharmacy errors
like repeating last months script when the dose has been changed.
Jeff
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