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Bringing pharmacy into the digital age.

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Boots Online Doctor pharmacy fails GPhC inspection over website concerns

Service told to stop allowing patients to select contraceptive treatment before consultation

13 Jan 2023

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The roadmap from Rx to Hx

Is Positive Solutions' cloud-based Hx ecosystem the IT gamechanger community pharmacy has been waiting for? Meet the team intent on building an IT support business into a technology specialist

03 Jan 2023

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NHS website attracts 1.2bn visitors in 12 months

There were 131 million visits to the Covid vaccine booking page, according to NHS Digital

08 Nov 2022

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Clinical connections shows way forward for Clanwilliam Health

Best known for its RxWeb pharmacy PMR solution, Clanwilliam Health is using insights from other healthcare sectors to create ever more integrated systems

04 Nov 2022

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Patients get online access to health records

Patients with online apps can now read new entries in their health records.

02 Nov 2022

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Latest in tech on show in Birmingham

Seeing is better than believing. Attendees at last month's pharmacy show were treated to the best tech on offer

01 Nov 2022

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Pharmacies across England lack digital resources, reveals study

Over half of pharmacies experience at least one IT shutdown each month

20 Oct 2022

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New AI helps visually impaired

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is being used to improve accessibility to health products, according to announcement from Haleon and Microsoft.

13 Oct 2022

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Digital mental health tools to be regulated as medical devices

Charity awards NICE and the MHRA £1.8m to develop regulations around digital services

11 Oct 2022

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NPA announces partnership with digital platform for pharmacies

NPA hopes the partnership will help members modernise their platforms

07 Oct 2022

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New tool predicts T2D adherence, find Kingston pharmacy researchers

Diagnostic tool accurately predicts non-adherent patients, University of Kingston researchers find

20 Sep 2022

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Rowlands announces partnership with booking software provider

Multiple says new software will save time for pharmacy teams

18 Aug 2022

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Boots delivers medicines to Isle of Wight via drone test flight

Multiple is assessing the potential for longer-term use of drones to deliver medicines.

01 Aug 2022

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Creating the perfect patient journey online

In the first module of this short series of three, we looked at why pharmacy's future starts online because of how patients look for services.

07 Jul 2022

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Royal Mail invests £1m in online pharmacy platform

Royal Mail has invested £1 million to help Charac develop its online prescription and consultation service.

28 Jun 2022

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Time for a rethink

The world of hub and spoke has moved on, says Centred Solutions sales and marketing director Louise Laban

21 Jun 2022

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