Electronic Pharmacist Intervention Clinical System (epics)

The Electronic Pharmacist Intervention Clinical System (epics) supports pharmacists in providing an improved and safer quality of care.

The system records and streamlines many kinds of pharmacy activity in order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the service.

The portable system provides wirelessly connected handheld computers that can be used by clinical pharmacists to access patient and pharmacy information around the hospital.

Patient information is immediately accessible within a secure environment at the bedside or in the pharmacy. Pharmacists can record interventions, medication incidents, allergy status and clinical activities.

A reporting module provides for the listing and analysis of the information.

 - Records and categorises interventions.

 - Records medications incidents.

 - Records patient allergy status.

 - Helps improve skill mix by recording pharmaceutical activities.

 - PDA version provides real-time data access using wireless technology which requires no data synchronisation.

 - Interface guides the user through the intervention recording process using smart navigation and one touch lookups.

 - Dual hardware platform, wireless PDA and PC.

 - Optional Integration with PAS database (where available).

epics was developed in conjunction with Yarra Software Ltd, a Northern Ireland business, and is being used in all Northern Ireland hospitals. It is now available commercially.