I have heard from an impeccable source that Boots are going to abandon NexpHase because of the problems they have had in implementing EPS-R2. Not sure what they are going to go with instead, but I suspect Pharmacy Manager
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I have heard from an impeccable source that Boots are going to abandon NexpHase because of the problems they have had in implementing EPS-R2. Not sure what they are going to go with instead, but I suspect Pharmacy Manager
Last edited by andrew paxton; 29th, September 2011 at 07:16 PM. Reason: unfinished post
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I'm thinking of working for Lloyds on a part-time basis, but Compass is the most useless and irritating system that I've ever come across. Will they be swapping to a different system any time soon? Pharmacy manager is brilliant.
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On pharmacy manager I like the way you can use the tabs to move between dispensing and ordering and back again without losing the prescription you are working on. Neat!Originally Posted by spartacus
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
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I heard that Nexphase was practically ready for accreditation?
Main problem with EPSR2 is now "Garbage in garbage out".
It does not solve the problem of badly written prescriptions - merely lets people transmit them faster.
Problems on scripts are just being perpetuated.
Not so much so if they have had a practice pharmacist sorting out the scripts.
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
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Unlikely to change to anything else as Compass is their baby. Like system, like company. If you want to know more, look at a PJ from within the last month at the FtP cases. I'm in there, having been working for LLP for 18 months, with no support, this is what happens, and no support after the event either!!
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The point of EPS-1 was partly to sort out the badly-written scripts before we got onto EPS-2. I spend a lot of time on phone getting them to do precisely that. p.s. I've also heard that Boots are going with their own system again, and staff in some areas, not mine, are trying it out.
Last edited by andrew paxton; 4th, October 2011 at 07:57 PM. Reason: To reply to both bits
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Re: Comprehensive list of pharmacy systems
Doesn't matter how good the IT is if the receptionist has full prescribing permissions and the doc signs the scripts without reading them.
90% of scripts are generated by non-clinical surgery staff as 90% of scripts are repeats. New meds from secondary care and medication changes are routinely processed by reception staff with the scripts left in a pile for signing.
Hands up all those who receive blank signed scripts from their local surgery
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Some of these systems can't be used outside UK, right?
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Some of these systems can't be used outside UK, rights!
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EPS systems can't even be used outside the individual UK member countries, that is the England system cannot be used in Scotland. But system suppliers provide systems that can be used across the UK and configured for that country.
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