In message <[log in to unmask]>, Ewan Davis
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>I have been interested to read the responses so far.
>
>I should be clear AAH Meditel's position on PRS's proposals is
>undetermined.
>
>My motive in posting was to see if GPs saw the service as something they
>would wish to support as this would be central to our decision as to
>whether we look to providing an interface.
>
>To repeat a couple of points which were in my posting but which some
>respondents seem to have missed:
>
>The Paper FP10 will still be required and will have to reach the
>pharmacy before an item can be dispensed.
Sorry, Ewan,
I'm getting a bit confused.. have I missed something?
If the paper FP10 has to reach the pharmacy before dispensing, what's
the point of the whole exercise from the *practice* point of view? You'd
have to follow current proceedures, add electronic ones, - and manage to
sort the paper FP10s and get them to the correct pharmacist..
>
>The patient retains control of where the script goes, they are free to
>select a linked pharmacy or an unlinked one as they wish.
So what is the benefit- from the patient's point of view? Does the
patient select the pharmacy every time they need a repeat prescription?
Do we need the software ( and staff time! :->) to send individual
prescriptions to different pharmacists? How much do *patients* need this
"service"?. In my practice, the few patients who ask the pharmacist to
deliver prescriptions havea straight forward arrangement;they send in
the request - tell the pharmacist it is there to be collected - and it
is delivered.
"Compliance" would not (IMHO ) be improved by having automatic issue of
prescriptions - in fact, as the main method of assessing compliance, is
checking the timing of the repeat prescription request, acccurate
information on compliance would be unobtainable!
>
>PRS have stated that they have NO plans to sell data which passes
>through the system.
TANSTAFL - there ain't no such thing as free lunch.... and plans can
change.. this would be a very valuable data base ;->>>>>< - or am I
paranoid?
Mary
>Ewan Davis
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>
>Managing Director AAH Meditel Ltd - Supplier of EMR Systems.
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