New partnership combines clinical support with ePrescribing

BASINGSTOKE, England – A new partnership will enable UK healthcare professionals to have access to clinical noting, patient management, drug data and electronic prescribing from a single application.

Clinical Solutions has signed a three-year deal with leading primary healthcare supplier EMIS, to integrate the Mentor Drug Database Module into its IntefleCS Face to Face software.

The integrated application will mean that healthcare professionals using IntefleCS Face to Face software will have access to an accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date drug knowledge base in a face-to-face setting, such as urgent care centres, walk-in centres and minor injury units.

The introduction of the Mentor Drug Database will support the implementation of electronic prescribing, helping healthcare professionals to embrace confidently expanding roles and responsibilities to meet the changing needs of the urgent care setting and the increasing expectations of patients as consumers.

The application will also provide healthcare professionals with contra indications and interactions, to promote patient safety and minimize the risk of adverse drug incidents.

Chris Jones, Mentor Commercial Manager, said, "By providing support for diagnosis, drug selection and prescribing, the integration of our Mentor Drug Database with the Clinical Solutions application will help increase productivity and promote cost effectiveness within an urgent care setting.

"In addition to helping clinicians to reduce the risk of incorrect prescribing, we hope to help health services increase patient satisfaction by promoting access to medications and prescriptions when needed."

Access to improved prescribing documentation for clinical audit and reporting purposes will be an additional benefit of the partnership.

Richard Craven, director at Clinical Solutions said, "The availability of a drug database, already used by the majority of UK GPs, offers potential for better integration and information sharing in line with national objectives. Ultimately this will help improve patient safety by providing a fuller context in which to make decisions about a patient's treatment."

Clinical Solutions's customers will be able to upgrade to the integrated application following the forthcoming release of its urgent care product, IntefleCS Face to Face, an assessment and consultation solution developed specifically for in-person patient encounters.