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“The importance of plug and play software in our hospitals, especially in Pharmacy, is crucial. We had first-hand experience of problems with patient’s treatment incorrectly transferred from ward’s software to pharmacy software because of systems not communicating correctly", she said.
“Pharmacy is all about the correct medication being applied for the individual patient’s needs and the exchange of data and information between GPs and community healthcare to hospitals, between wards and to and from laboratories. Anywhere there is a junction is fundamental to ensure patient outcomes are the best possible and the bi-directional requirements are communicated correctly. This flows from having sound and tested system interoperability”, Surugue stated.
She applauds the recent introduction of Conformity Assessment Testing as a real positive development (and urges IHE to go further with certification) which will ensure:
- Improved supplier quality, competency and consistency.
- Better harmonisation of solutions.
- Reduced instances of interoperability failure and reduced costs for the users, their hospitals and institutions.
- Better healthcare outcomes for patients.
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Watch the video to know more about Jacqueline's experience.
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“I am confident that IHE is the way to go to ensure system interoperability amongst suppliers. I am totally supportive of the user communities’ involvement and active participation with IHE. We have a number of pharmacy profiles now well-defined and tested at recent Connectathons, including the 2015 IHE-Europe event in Luxembourg and we are seeing the benefits in work in our department and in daily lives of patients”, she concluded.
To learn more about the next 2016 IHE-Europe Connectathon, please click HERE
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Sincerely,
IHE-Europe Team
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