ScriptSwitch Prescribing Support Benefits
More Than 650,000 SystmOne Patients

ScriptSwitch integration with SystmOne is providing benefits to over 650,000 patients covered by the 135 SystmOne practices now live with the ScriptSwitch Prescribing Decision Support Tool.

Martyn Carroll, Head of Medicines Management at ScriptSwitch, is delighted with the partnership with TPP. He says, "This integration has allowed us to make the ScriptSwitch benefits available to all of those prescribers using SystmOne throughout the country."

Providing patient safety information messages, drug switch recommendations and dosage optimisation information right at the point of prescribing, ScriptSwitch can aid the prescriber's decision with a simple, no-nonsense information screen that requires just one click to review, accept or decline the recommendation. ScriptSwitch can typically provide cost benefits of around £40,000 per annum for the average practice.

ScriptSwitch is tailored locally to ensure that national guidelines, such as NICE guidance, local initiatives and formulary choices appear instantly without the need to remember or locate the numerous sources of such information.

The installation of ScriptSwitch for SystmOne users couldn’t be simpler; once a contract is signed by the primary care organisation, the ScriptSwitch teams agree the training and installation plan to ensure a go live date within eight weeks. There is no downtime during this process, ensuring that both patient care and practice workflow are unaffected.

Nigel Potter, Head of Sales & Marketing at ScriptSwitch, comments on the relationship with TPP: "Our development teams worked well together to ensure the integration met our respective quality assurance standards, and since the integration went live in autumn 2008, our relationship has gone from strength to strength."

For more info, call 02476 214600 or visit www.scriptswitch.com

In other news...

ScriptSwitch have just won a prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise in the Innovation Category.  Mike Washburn, Managing Director of ScriptSwitch, says, "This award is not only a fitting tribute to the tremendous efforts of our staff for all their hard work but also reflects the continuing loyalty of our partners and NHS customers many of whom we have worked closely with over a number of years now."