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12 Months with ePMA: Setting the Bar for Safer Medication Management

By Julia Scott, pharmacist and CxIO at Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, digitalisation is...

Kyle

Jul 254 min read

📦 Where Are Your Prescriptions Really Being Processed?

Reflecting on the Rise of Distance Selling Pharmacies in the Community Pharmacy Sector It has been over five years since I made the...

Kyle

Jul 205 min read

Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy: Evolution, Risk, and the Role We Need Next

The AI conversation in healthcare is picking up pace and rightly so. What was once considered experimental or speculative is now embedded...

Kyle

Jul 156 min read

A Caution against the Presumption that Product-Based Prescribing is a Panacea

Blog Written by Louisa Conlon - EHR Pharmacy Lead at HCA Healthcare UK Dose-base prescribing is the traditional approach to Electronic...

Kyle

Jul 109 min read

Clinical Decision Support: Walking the Tightrope Between Safety and Flexibility

Clinical Decision Support (CDS) systems lie at the heart of modern digital prescribing. They’re the invisible co-pilots that shape...

Kyle

May 223 min read

Prompt-Built EPRs: Could AI Finally End the Chaos of Custom Configuration?

A radical idea: what if we stopped building EPRs manually and started prompting them instead? Every NHS Trust has built their electronic...

Kyle

May 203 min read

Methadone Patients are the Best Patients (In Community Pharmacy)

Most people don’t believe me when I say this. However, in my experience, it was true. Not in a ‘romanticised NHS frontlines’ kind of way....

Kyle

May 162 min read

From Ironman to Informatics: Training Hard & Building Digital Teams

A Personal Reflection on Balancing Ironman Training with a Mission to Support Digital Healthcare - By Will Helm I’ve been supplying...

Kyle

May 121 min read

Celebrating Clinical Informatics Nurses on International Nurses Day

Nurses (and midwives) are the backbone of healthcare. We all know this, they’re incredible. Part of the reason I enjoy being out on the...

Kyle

May 113 min read

My Journey: From Small Town Beginnings to a Thriving Career in Pharmacy Informatics

A Personal Reflection on Growth, Challenges, and Success By Monalisa Kapinga It is with deep gratitude that I reflect on my path - from...

Kyle

May 84 min read

How BI Reports Can Transform Pharmacy Operations

Earlier today, I received a message from another EPMA pharmacist in an email group chat. He asked what kind of reports he should request...

Kyle

May 63 min read

PANIC! The Case for a Solid BCP (Business Continuity Plan)

At any given moment, everything can change. The internet drops. The EPR system is unavailable. Printers stop working. Or worse, there’s a...

Kyle

May 23 min read

Online Pharmacies: Convenient, or Unsafe? A Personal Reflection from the Frontlines of Digital Pharmacy

The rise of Distance Selling Pharmacies (DSPs) has transformed the way patients access medicines in the UK. During the COVID-19...

Kyle

Apr 303 min read

The Critical Importance of Non-Clinical Digital Roles in Providing Clinical Services

An Important Question: Clinical vs. Digital Budgets Not too long ago, an important discussion came up at work: Should the financial...

Kyle

Apr 272 min read

Real-Time Digital Transformation: The BD-Pyxis Electronic Medication Cabinet Rollout at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The rollout is well and truly underway! Over the past few weeks, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has begun installing the first of 11 new BD...

Kyle

Apr 233 min read

Product Managers: The NHS's Missing Link in Digital Transformation?

Reflecting on my five years in the NHS, one thing became clear almost straight after I joined from the private sector: Product Managers...

Kyle

Apr 213 min read

The MAYA Principle: Essential for Safe AI Adoption as Healthcare Continues to Progress

Inspired by a recent reflection after seeing a post on LinkedIn I recently came across a post on LinkedIn that reignited something I...

Kyle

Apr 173 min read

An Appreciation for Hospital Pharmacy Technicians

I first heard about the importance of pharmacy technicians in hospitals years before I ever stepped foot into one myself. At the time, I...

Kyle

Apr 162 min read

From the High Street to the Wards: My Journey from Community Pharmacy to Hospital Pharmacy

I started my pharmacy journey back in 2005 when I began my MPharm degree at the University of Manchester . Around the same time, I landed...

Kyle

Apr 133 min read

Considering the Shift to Product-Based Prescribing: Future-Proofing EPMA in Hospitals

As Chief Pharmacy Information Officer (CPIO) at an NHS Trust, I am always looking at how we can evolve our Electronic Prescribing and...

Kyle

Apr 112 min read

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12 Months with ePMA: Setting the Bar for Safer Medication Management

📦 Where Are Your Prescriptions Really Being Processed?

Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy: Evolution, Risk, and the Role We Need Next

A Caution against the Presumption that Product-Based Prescribing is a Panacea

Clinical Decision Support: Walking the Tightrope Between Safety and Flexibility

Prompt-Built EPRs: Could AI Finally End the Chaos of Custom Configuration?

Methadone Patients are the Best Patients (In Community Pharmacy)

From Ironman to Informatics: Training Hard & Building Digital Teams

Celebrating Clinical Informatics Nurses on International Nurses Day

My Journey: From Small Town Beginnings to a Thriving Career in Pharmacy Informatics

How BI Reports Can Transform Pharmacy Operations

PANIC! The Case for a Solid BCP (Business Continuity Plan)

Online Pharmacies: Convenient, or Unsafe? A Personal Reflection from the Frontlines of Digital Pharmacy

The Critical Importance of Non-Clinical Digital Roles in Providing Clinical Services

Real-Time Digital Transformation: The BD-Pyxis Electronic Medication Cabinet Rollout at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Product Managers: The NHS's Missing Link in Digital Transformation?

The MAYA Principle: Essential for Safe AI Adoption as Healthcare Continues to Progress

An Appreciation for Hospital Pharmacy Technicians

From the High Street to the Wards: My Journey from Community Pharmacy to Hospital Pharmacy

Considering the Shift to Product-Based Prescribing: Future-Proofing EPMA in Hospitals

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