eRx now with QR codes
February 10, 2014
Doctors using medical
programmes such as Medical
Director, Genie, Zedmed, Practix,
Totalcare and Houston can now
print QR codes on patients’ scripts.
The scripts allow patients with
the eRx Express smartphone app
to scan the codes to submit the
script online to their pharmacy,
pre-ordering their medication from
their local pharmacy by scheduling
a pick up time and date so patients
no longer need to line up at the
pharmacy to get scripts filled.
The app connects to eRx’s eScripts
network, which allows 15,500 GPs
and 4,300 pharmacies to send
prescriptions and dispensing data
securely.
The app was launched in October,
with vendors enabling the QR code
capabilities in software releases
since, and works with the Q App
on a Microsoft RT Surface tablet in
the pharmacy to log the incoming
scripts.
Best Practice was expected
to release its next version in
March, including QR codes, with
other vendors releasing shortly,
including Communicare, Stat and
Medtech, representing about
99% of community based GPs and
specialists, an eRx spokesman said.
Doctors just need to update to
the latest version of their software
and make sure eRx ePrescribing is
turned on.
Pharmacists participating in the
service need to register for eRx
Script Exchange, and eRx Express is
$50 for a monthly plan or $60 for
a premium monthly plan, with the
Surface tablet included.
The app could now also scan the
128 barcodes on scripts, depending
upon the hardware of the
smartphone, the spokesman said.
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