At 18:29 21/03/98 -0000, you wrote:
>Drag,
> Why should the request for a repeat have to go to the surgery?
>Surely if the prescription is down on your computer as a repeat, then you
>have already
>authorised it.
>So how about, patient contacts pharmacy, which interrogates your computer,
>if repeat is authorised
>then pharmacy dispenses prescription.
>
>It does though very much limit pharmacy to its tradition supply function.
>Given more information, pharmacy could
>have a greater role.
>
>An example:
>If the prescription was for a first time treatment with a hypnotic, the
>pharmacy could supply a copy of the
>"good sleep guide".
>
>Regards
>Jeff Green -Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist -
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How does this work if nurses are authorising or prescribing on a clinical
system?
Maresah Haines
http://www.haines.grid9.net/pn/
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