“It is now more than a decade since auditors first called for the NHS to take up e-prescribing to reduce errors and deliver efficiencies. Until recently, progress was slow. But the past two years have seen a slew of implementations, tenders and boards considering business cases.
Sarah Crowe, research fellow at the University of Nottingham’s school of community health sciences last year attempted to quantify what was going on. In what she describes as the first study of its kind, she and colleagues surveyed NHS trusts represented at a national e-prescribing forum about their intentions.”
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e-Health Insider, 19 August 2011
Article (Crowe 2010)
