[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 08:34 on 11/11/98
about "Re: Script printers for Vamp Medical System?":
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>BTW, does anyone know what happened about the reputed scripts for laser
>printers. This would solve everone's problems, particularly as you can
get
>cheap laser printers for less than the cost of the Canon BJC5500 I
mentioned
>previously.
>
>Why don't the IT people in the NHS occupy themselves with real issues
like
>this,
No knighthoods in that.
Either that or because they have no idea what they are up to. I
suppose it could be both.
I was serious about the paper. The reason that laser printable
FP10s are not provided is that they are predicted to increase costs.
If for someother reason they were predicted to reduce costs, by for
instance allowing users to use only one page instead of two for each
prescription, then they would arrive pdq.
I leave the rest of the argument as an exercise for the student, and
mourn the forests.
>rather petty issues such as stopping us issuing an unauthorised script
>(latest RFA compliant VM6 will no longer allow me to do this, changing
the
>whole way we run our repeat prescribing system)
Hmm. Thinks...
When a member of staff inspects a pateint repeat prescription record
and finds an item requested is expired they should flag it as
requested which should add it to a queue or list of items awaiting
review by doctor.
At review by doctor the options should be
- to refuse, with suitable
message printed or not for patient ("see me", "get BP measured by
nurse")
- to print a limited supply, one week instead of two months for
instance, with message as above;
- to reauthorise for the original or a different number of issues,
which needs access to the medical record without losing one's place
inthe queue;
- to remove from the queue
- to leave in the queue without coming to a decision
- to telephone the patient by clicking a TAPI link
- to see the patient's hospital notes and letters, appointment info
etc.
After the doctor's pass through the queue the authorised or reduced
quantity prescriptions should be automatically spooled, with the
various messages.
Because these are indivdually notable items they should be printed
one item to a sheet on FP10, and it should be emphasised on them
that they have been reviewed. A couple of ** in a suitable place
would do.
Could we have that rolled out for Xmas please, you developers?
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