title: E-prescribing. Rewriting the script.
abstract: Sending prescriptions electronically will also allow remote pharmacies to work effectively, so prescription medicines can be sent by post. The national programme for IT is adopting an incremental approach to the roll-out, both in functionality and the number of deployments. The legal change allowing ETP to replace paper prescriptions will probably be enacted alongside the new contractual framework for pharmacists due in April.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathieson
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011177:Postal Service; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom