The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7300 p630
22 May 2004

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Liverpool hospital pharmacy department wins IT award

A system of electronic transfer of discharge prescriptions has won pharmacists in Liverpool a national award. The pharmacy department at the University Hospital Aintree, won the 2004 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacist IT award for the system, designed to transfer patient discharge information between the hospital and primary care securely and quickly.

Alex Jennings, clinical pharmacist for elderly medicine at the hospital, said: “We now have in place an effective system which ensures that we e-mail a legible copy of each discharge prescription, in batches, to each participating GP within one day of discharge. It has significantly improved communication, saves time and the potential improvements in patient safety are enormous.”

The department was awarded a cheque for £2,500 at the GHP IT interest group seminar on 28 April.


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