Pharmacy Daily | Vic e-Scripts

A NEW electronically generated paper prescription process is set to be introduced into a number of Victorian public hospitals. The move is part of the HealthSMART Clinical System, and Victorian community pharmacists may find they receive these new prescriptions being presented in their pharmacies by patients. The HeatlhSMART Clinical System is currently operational at Eastern Health and Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and includes electronic results reporting for pathology and radiology. The Victorian branch of the Pharmacy Guild says additional functionality will shortly be available that will allow “electronic prescribing for discharge and outpatient medications in the first phase of implementation”. E-scripts generated by the system will be printed on the watermarked A4 paper already in use in other Victorian hospitals such as Peninsula Health and Barwon Health. The script will print all active medications to give pharmacists a picture of the patient’s medication history, but only the drug to be dispensed will have a dispense quantity and repeats.

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