Digital Pharmacy
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a leading regional site for digital technology in healthcare, with pharmacy shaping many improvements in medicines safety using digital processes.
Some examples of how we use this technology include:
- Electronic prescribing, using order sets and workflows to support prescribers in choosing the right medicines for the patient.
- Digital ordering and supply of medicines to reduce transcription errors.
- Use of pharmacy robot to pick the correct medicines.
- Barcode scanning on wards to help nurses administer the right medications.
- Medicines reports to monitor usage and audit safe medicines use.
- Electronic communication of changes to medication to GP surgeries and community pharmacies.