Another world
We have suddenly entered the world of EPS this week with a system upgrade and bar code scanners for the scripts.
One of our local surgeries is already using bar coded scripts so we now have lots to practice on.
I would echo what I have read in the pharmacy press that there still seems to be a lot of work to do with this system since it seems to be very hit and miss in terms of how long the scanned information takes to come down from the spine (from instantly, to 5-10 minutes, to never appearing at all!).
When it does work it is great to have all the information in front of you straight away without having to select all the individual drugs from the patients’ records.
But I wonder if it will make us less vigilant when scanning the whole of the patient’s record to look out for problems, and we inevitably have to go into each of the selected drugs to change the directions to something that makes sense for the patient.
Anyway, it’s a start!
One of our local surgeries is already using bar coded scripts so we now have lots to practice on.
I would echo what I have read in the pharmacy press that there still seems to be a lot of work to do with this system since it seems to be very hit and miss in terms of how long the scanned information takes to come down from the spine (from instantly, to 5-10 minutes, to never appearing at all!).
When it does work it is great to have all the information in front of you straight away without having to select all the individual drugs from the patients’ records.
But I wonder if it will make us less vigilant when scanning the whole of the patient’s record to look out for problems, and we inevitably have to go into each of the selected drugs to change the directions to something that makes sense for the patient.
Anyway, it’s a start!
posted by Dee Spencer at 9:42 am
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