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Two pharmacy PHR projects launched in Germany

Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR
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Six month delay to stage two of electronic prescriptions

Release two of the Electronic Prescription Service will not go live until spring or summer this year, at least six
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New Internet Pharmacy Logo unveiled

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has launched a new Internet Pharmacy Logo, designed to be a visual
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ETP could cut dispensing errors in half

Dispensing errors could be cut by nearly 50% if pharmacists used an authentification system linked to the electronic transfer of
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NHS Direct on a mission to explain

Matt Tee has been CEO of NHS Direct for the past four months, he told us of his plans for
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Scotland issues revised ETP schedule

Scotland has issued a revised timetable for the rollout of its electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) project which it now
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Spine to be shut for two day ‘refresh’

Connecting for Health (CfH) and BT have confirmed that the NHS Spine will be unavailable when it is taken down
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Pharmacists may sanction SCR access

Soon patients may be able to sign up for online access to their Summary Care Record from community pharmacy premises.
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Scottish pharmacies want emergency records access

Community Pharmacy Scotland, representing the owners of Scotland’s 1200 chemists, has made appropriate access to the Scottish Emergency Care Summary
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Independent pharmacies face NCRS risk

Independent local pharmacies could disappear if the NHS fails to deliver community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service,
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