Software development companies invited to express interest in workshop on electronic prescribing
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The European Medicines Agency is seeking expressions of interest from software development companies in a workshop on the future of electronic prescribing in the European Union.
The workshop, taking place at the Agency on Wednesday 5 October, will bring together members of the Agency's electronic summary of product characteristics (e-SPC) project. This includes doctors, drug buyers, patients, health-technology-assessment bodies, specialists in the safety of medicines, experts in quality monitoring of healthcare, regulators and the pharmaceutical industry.
The e-SPC project is examining ways in which information on authorised medicines in summaries of product characteristics can be structured in a way that enables it to interact with electronic media. By identifying prescribers' information needs and developing a model for electronic supply of this information, the project aims to improve the effectiveness and safety of medicines and make the prescribing process better customised to individual patients' needs.
The Agency would like to extend attendance at this workshop to companies providing information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in this area. It hopes to draw on their expertise to:
- understand how e-SPCs will be useful to stakeholders;
- illustrate how e-SPCs can be used in electronic healthcare;
- understand the needs of software developers.
Companies interested in taking part at this workshop should complete the Electronic summary of product characteristics workshop: Participation request and send it to Natasha Brown by Friday 23 September.