Pharmacy app launching
October 22, 2013
THE Australia-wide launch of eRx
Script Exchange’s new eRx Express
pharmacy smartphone app (PD
21 Jun), will take place this week,
allowing people to order their
scripts using their smart phone.
The launch will take place on
Thu 24 October at the Exhibition
Pharmacy at 5/242 Exhibition
Street in Melbourne.
The new app will allow patients
to scan and pre-order prescription
medicines at any time of their
choosing and then collect them at a
time and date that suits.
Fred IT Group ceo Paul Naismith
said the app is “vital in advancing
eHealth for pharmacy, health
professionals and the wider
community.
“Mobile technologies are a vital
step in gearing pharmacy up for
the changing customer needs of a
modern health system,” he said.
“eRx Express will ultimately
result in less waiting time for our
customers and patients, and play
an important role in ensuring that
pharmacists and other health
professionals are connected and
able to maximise resources in
helping Australians everywhere
with their healthcare needs”.
eRx Express builds on current
industry-wide technology for
electronic transfer of prescriptions,
and maintains the security
and privacy standards of other
pharmacy applications.
It also integrates fully with
existing dispensing systems and
workflow, Naismith said.
Although eRx Express allows
scripts to be scanned and preordered,
the paper prescription
must be taken into the pharmacy
at the time that medicines are
collected.
it costs $50 for a standard
monthly plan, or $60 to have a
pharmacy’s logo and website link
included on the app.
Both plans include a Windows
Surface RT with eRx Express
software loaded and ready to go.
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