RPS publishes report on transfer of medicines information between care providers

RPS publishes report on transfer of medicines information between care providers: Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has issued a report titled "Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers: Getting the medicines right", which  outlines the results of a six-month project involving over 30 healthcare organisations which volunteered to implement RPS guidance on transfer of medicines information. The report calls for improvements to the transfer of information about medicines, and the following recommendations have been made (taken directly from source):
  . All suppliers of IT systems to hospitals and general practice should ensure their systems can effectively transfer recommended core content of medicines records . All community pharmacies should have an NHS.net website address to enable secure communications between secondary and primary care . All clinical records should be structured in a recognised and nationally agreed format to assist interoperability and the transfer of information . National sharing ...