Some expectations and perceptions of electronic transfer of
prescription systems
One of the factors in gaining buy-in to new ways of working requires
the expectations of potential users to match the reality of what the
new system can deliver and what it can change. Research done last year
by Darren Mundy, Professor David Chadwick and Dr Ed
Ball offers some insight into the current understanding of a small
group of would-be users of ETP systems.
keywords: perceptions of
electronic transfer of prescriptions, change management, organisational
change.
abstract
This article summarises the findings of five sessions of a focus
group’s discussions on the electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP),
held in 2003 at Salford and Huddersfield Universities. The aim of this
evaluation was to ascertain the views of primary care prescribers and
community pharmacists on the introduction of ETP and on existing ETP
pilot models. Eight views identified as most important from the findings
are described.
Br J Healthcare Comput Info Manage 2004; 21(2): 34–6. |
