This webinar took place on 8 January 2019. If you were not able to attend it live, you can still register below and we‘ll send you a copy of the recording.
In this webinar, Christine Wadsworth and Tjaša Zajc talked about:
- What are the differences between medication management in acute vs. mental health trusts?
- What are the must-haves vs. nice-to-haves in an electronic prescribing and medication management (ePMA) systemfor mental health trusts?
- What to ask ePMA providers?
- What are the main improvements after the implementation of an ePMA?
Speakers:
Christine Wadsworth
is a clinical pharmacist with more than 25 years of experience in clinical practice and ePMA implementation. She first worked as an assistant at a local pharmacy in her teens, then as a consultant in Boots (a UK chain of community pharmacies), in a clinical setting as a clinical pharmacist in Billinge Hospital in Merseyside, England, and then at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and finally at the Halton & Helens Primary Care Trust. She later decided to move from the clinical environment to the healthcare IT industry. Since then she has been running electronic prescribing and medication management systems (ePMA) implementations for various providers in nine NHS Trusts.
Tjaša Zajc
is curious about how technology is healing healthcare globally, and how to connect the right stakeholders to maximise the benefit of patients. A former journalist, still the author and host of the Faces of digital health podcast, is a member of the electronic prescribing and medication management system team at Better. She has a background in healthcare management and economics.