E-multidose provides better overview, but also increased workload
With the transition from fax to e-prescription for multidose, reconciliation increases from 77% to 94%. This probably improves patient safety, but at the same time, new research shows an increased workload at the pharmacy.
E-multidose provides a better overview and increased patient safety, but we need to look at the processes and systems and make them work optimally.
The pharmacy where Anette Vik Jøsendal works still uses fax machines to receive paper prescriptions for multidose. This is not exactly what we expect in a modern society where 95 per cent of prescriptions are issued via e-prescription. Jøsendal has studied how e-prescription for multidose provides a better overview and can thus promote patient safety. While the overview is improved, e-multidose has also created more work at the pharmacy.
Anette Vik Jøsendal, Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, presents concrete data from her PhD in this webinar.
The webinar follows up on the presentation Jøsendal gave two years ago: From fax to electronic multidose prescribing - how is this transition affected by discrepancies in medication lists?
Recording
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