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This National Conference will focus on the optimisation of Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HePMA). The conference will examine the development of electronic prescribing systems towards advanced ePrescribing, closed loop medicines administration and advanced clinical decision support; ensuring the full clinical benefits are achieved. The conference will also focus on ePrescribing and Patient Safety following the HSIB Investigation which found that “ePMA systems can create their own risks – risks that will need to be addressed as these systems become more widespread.” (HSIB). Closed Loop Medication Management (CLMM) systems are fully electronic medication management process that integrates automated and intelligent systems to manage the process of prescription, dispensing and administration of medicines, and seamlessly document all the relevant information. (HSIB)
“Electronic prescribing systems have been shown to save time and money by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. Investing in these systems will help to save money and increase productivity for the NHS overall…Digital prescribing systems will replace outdated paper prescriptions, improving patient safety and reducing errors. The NHS is on course to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals and achieve the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to introduce digital prescribing across the entire NHS by 2024”
Department of Health and Social Care
“Some of the key benefits of digital systems are in reducing the risk of medication-related errors, supporting strategies to reduce overprescribing and medicines optimisation and enabling the transformation of services to improve efficiencies and most importantly providing the right support for patients.”
Ann Slee, Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer NHS England April 2022
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to optimise and realise benefits from hospital electronic prescribing systems
Understand the national context including updates leading digital ePrescribing NHS Trust
Develop your skills in enabling the clinical benefits of ePrescribing
Learn from organisations that have implemented closed loop medicines administration
Explore the role of advanced clinical decision support and artificial intelligence in making the right thing to do easier
Understand how data from EPMA systems can be used to improve practice and prescribing
Learn from established practice in the use of ePrescribing to change clinical behaviour and prescribing practices
Develop your local strategy to understand and eliminate medication errors associated with ePrescribing
Develop your skills in risk mitigation and learn from the recent HSIB Investigation into electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems and safe discharge
Understand how to sustain and extend ePrescribing into higher risk and complex areas
Learn from case studies in high risk areas such as anticoagulation and paediatrics
Explore the challenges in ensuring safety at discharge and transfer of care, and understand the role of ePrescribing in Antimicrobial Stewardship
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
