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Electronic Prescriptions

Trials of electronic prescriptions set for next year

Electronic prescriptions will be trialled next year ahead of what could be a national rollout of the service. Ref. Source 1

Prescriptions Electronic

Handwritten opioid prescriptions are more prone to mistakes, researchers find. Handwritten orders for opioids contributes heavily to a trio of prescribing and processing errors in contrast to those created electronically, researchers have concluded at the end of a small study of opioid prescriptions filled at an outpatient pharmacy. Source 4x.