Abstract
BackgroundElectronic systems that facilitate prescribing, administration and dispensing of medicines (ePrescribing systems) are at the heart of international efforts to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of medicine management. Considering...
Highlights
There is considerable international interest in relation to health information technologies (HITs) in order to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care.[1,2,3,4] Evidence of effectiveness of these systems, is often equivocal, in relation to their impact on patient outcomes and financial returns.[5]
A more coherent national approach to realising financial benefits from ePrescribing systems is needed as implementations progress and the range of tools to collect information will lead to exponential data growth
Given the paucity of international evidence on this subject,[5,16] we convened an international expert multi-disciplinary group to explore how different sectors are approaching the realisation of Returns on investments (RoIs) from ePrescribing systems in U.K. hospitals and what lessons can be learned for future developments and implementation strategies within healthcare settings
Summary
There is considerable international interest in relation to health information technologies (HITs) in order to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care.[1,2,3,4] Evidence of effectiveness of these systems, is often equivocal, in relation to their impact on patient outcomes and financial returns.[5]. Benefits may not appear as a direct consequence of implementation They may result from later benefit realisation efforts that pursue health pathway improvements from the information collected or the scope for further extension of systems. Objectives We sought to investigate how different sectors are approaching the realisation of returns on investment from ePrescribing systems in U.K. hospitals and what lessons can be learned for future developments and implementation strategies within healthcare settings. Any future data strategy should take into account the need to collect and analyse local and national data (i.e. within and across hospitals), setting comparators to measure progress (i.e. baseline measurements) and clear standards guiding data management so that data are comparable across settings
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