Bids sought for EPS release 2 initial implementer sites

摘要

Expressions of interest are being sought from primary care trusts in England to be initial implementer sites for release 2 of the electronic prescription service,health minister Andy Burnham announced at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee dinner held in London last week.Release 2,which will include doctors being able to add digital signatures to electronic prescriptions and patients being able to nominate a pharmacy to dispense their medicines,is due to start later this year.NHS Connecting for Health is seeking to recruit initial implementer sites to use release 2 functions so that it can ensure interoperability and data integrity outside a test environment.