Net based Medication Card Eli.Larsen@telemed.no. Presentation overview 1.The medication of Mrs X (Today) 2.The medication of Mrs X (Beyond tomorrow) 3.How.

Net based Medication Card

Eli.Larsen@telemed.no

Presentation overview

1. The medication of Mrs X (Today)

2. The medication of Mrs X (Beyond tomorrow)

3. How to reach the situation described in “Beyond tomorrow”?

The story of Mrs X - Today

• Old

• Health -> weak

• Medication -> a lot…

• Home care service administrates her medication

Mrs X - Today

• Medication from doctors:– GP– Hospitalizations 3 departments– Emergency ward– Private specialist

• Each have their own EHR – implicate old medication info

Home care service – Today

• Administrate medicine to a lot of their users

• Have a lack of information about their users medication and health

• Typical information from doctors are via prescriptions

Home care service - Today• Spends a lot of the time in

telephone:– Renew prescriptions ( GP )– Calls the hospital when a

patient is discharged

• Frustrating work – doctors hard to get…

• Spends several hours pr week in telephone – waiting…

Mrs X – Beyond tomorrow

• Older• Health -> weaker• Medication -> more correct• Home care service still

administrates her medication

Mrs X – Beyond tomorrow

• Medication from doctors:– GP– Hospitalizations 3 departments– Emergency ward– Private specialist

• Each have their own EHR • But share some critical info via

net based medication card

Home care service – Beyond Tomorrow

• Still administrates medicine to a lot of their users

• Uses net based medication card service

• Gets critical information via net based medication card

• Knows a lot more about their users health – > Feels that they can do a better job– > Check the respond to medication

Home care service – Beyond Tomorrow

• Have access to net based medication card

• Receives a message when the medication

• Possible to order new prescriptions via the net based service

How to reach the situation

- “Beyond tomorrow”?

Pilot prosjekts in Tromsø og Trondheim – test starts in 2007

Obstacles

• Legislations

• Vendors (EHR) priority

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Thank you for the attention

Questions?