Speaking at Pharmacy Australia Congress 2010 (PAC10), PSA president Warwick Plunkett said the profession had taken e-prescribing as far as it could go without doctors becoming more involved in e-health.
“E-prescribing is to the forefront of what pharmacists have been involved in, and we’ve been ahead of the game.
“The rest of e-health hasn’t caught up to where e-prescribing might like to be and therefore I think we’ve reached a point where it’s not likely to go much further until e-health gets itself into a better position,” he said.
Mr Plunkett said that while most doctors had computerised practices, a significant minority (20 per cent) did not use computers.
He added the future of an interconnected e-health system would require more than financial support from the Government, but also a change in attitude from all health professionals.
“To connect the whole system will require a change of attitude as well as a lot more money and a lot of other issues that are still to be overcome.
“We need to pursue it [a functioning e-health system] and support it, because we see great benefits for pharmacists if we can get connected through e-health,” he said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Nick O'Donoghue
Quelle/Source: Pharmacy News, 01.11.2010
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