Question reference: S5W-25487
- Asked by: Mark McDonald, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Independent
- Date lodged: 25 September 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 October 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when electronic prescribing will be rolled out nationally in hospitals.
Answer
The implementation of HEPMA ( Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration ) has been successfully rolled out in 4 NHS Boards. HEPMA supports the complex change to clinical practice in electronic prescribing and the current plan is for all NHS Boards to implement HEPMA in the next 5 years. The delivery of HEPMA is critical to a number of Scottish Government strategies including Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care and delivery of the data recommendations within the Montgomery Report.