Blog from Cegedim Rx

Technology failures cost time and money. For a busy pharmacy, they can mean the difference between keeping and losing a customer. Counting the cost of system outages can be difficult, even the...

Last month we were delighted to be sponsors at the 2019 Scottish Pharmacy Awards. This year’s ceremony – steered by host, Shereen Nanjiani – attracted an audience of 300-plus pharmacy representatives...

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) enables prescriptions to be sent electronically from a GP practice to a dispenser/pharmacy of the patient’s choice. This innovative service enables a more...

Since devolution in the late 1990’s, The NHS in England, Scotland and Wales has been organised and funded by the devolved governments. Pharmacies already know that there are differences across the UK...

Cegedim Clinical Data Services offers clinical decision support, drug database & product information to aid healthcare professionals maintain accurate and safe prescribing & dispensing, as well as...

Health and care professionals (HCPs) in Kingston, Richmond and Sutton are now able to access GP records held on Vision 3, from other health and care organisations whenever they need to. Better access...

The invention of the typewriter In the early 1980s, the world of pharmacy was experiencing its early changes. Handwritten pharmacy dispensing labels were no longer permissible, and most pharmacies at...

The first wave of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are now offering patients new services and are tackling the challenge of interoperability very differently. Some PCNs are wanting practices to use one...

You know the problem. You’ve asked all your practices to file reports but, despite having a template, they all manage to put the codes down slightly differently and create hours of work.

Cegedim Healthcare Solutions explains why its first secondary care customer demonstrates the company’s commitment to innovation. Getting new customers is always exciting but helping University...

When Owen Epstein and Mike Stein created Map of Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in 2000, it represented a revolution in clinical pathway creation and dissemination. But now it is no more; general...

It seems as though most big industries have now embraced the idea of automation in the workplace. Whether it's meant a full-blown overhaul of their processes or that they merely use a little...