electronic prescription service moving to release 2
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Electronic Prescription Service Moving to Release 2. Michelle Greatrex Senior Implementation Manager Health and Social Care Information Centre. Rachel Habergham EPS Programme Head. EPS Release 2 is here. > 5,247,229 patient nominations. 17% GP practices enabled (1381). 92% - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Rachel Habergham
EPS Programme Head
Electronic Prescription ServiceMoving to Release 2
Michelle GreatrexSenior Implementation Manager
Health and Social Care Information Centre
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EPS Release 2 is here
> 5,247,229 patient
nominations
92% pharmacies
enabled (10,685)
>37,381,000 items
dispensed and claimed
electronically
17% GP practicesenabled (1381)
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Electronic signatures
Electronic repeatdispensing
Electronic cancellation
Nomination
Electronic submission of reimbursement endorsements
EPS functionality
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Preparing for EPS Release 2
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Speak with your local practice to agree how you will work together after the go live.
Find out when your local GP’s are going live
Joint business change sessions may be arranged to include the GP practice and local pharmacies.
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Training, training, training. The right training, for the right staff at the right time.
Helpdesk numbers, who are you going to call? How do you escalate a call if you are unhappy with a response?
Business continuity
Talk to your supplier
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Talk to patients, capture nominations and manage expectations
Capture Nominations
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About NominationPatients need to nominate
It is flexible
Patients can have 3 nominations
• Community Pharmacy• Dispensing Appliance Contractor• Dispensing GP
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Principles of NominationProvide sufficient information
No incentives
Capture and record promptly
New Standard Operating Procedure
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CommunicateDiscuss, get consent
Ask patients collecting
Use posters and leaflets
Staple forms to bags
Involve your driver
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Smartcards
Ensure all relevant staff have Smartcards
Ensure that all staff who need to set patient nominations have the correct access:
B0825 - Amend Patient Demographics
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Ensure you understand how to order dispensing tokens, and make sure you have a supply
Dispensing Tokens
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Dispensing tokens
barcode
standard text will be printed in the signature box to prevent it from being hand signed
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Use EPS R1 to prepare for EPS R2
“Scan when you can!”
A big help when you want to record nominations
EPS Release 1
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Hardware Checks
Check hardware:
•Scanners
•Printers
•Smartcard readers
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Check your pharmacy details are up to date on the following:
• NHS choices
If not contact NHS Prescription Services in the first instance:[email protected]
Then if the details are correct at NHS PS, contact NHS Choices: [email protected]
• In your pharmacy system, check that you can see the correct F code. Call your supplier if you are unsure.
Check NHS Choices
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Consider the local processes you need
• Dispensing & downloading electronic
prescriptions
• Dispensing tokens
• Electronic cancellation
• Electronic endorsement and patient declarations
• Electronic claims and end of month process
Business Change
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