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1. Budget management.
 Allocation and
reporting on budget activity at ward and directorate level.
2. Clinical data generation.
View of
cost and volume distributions of drugs at ward level. Standard review of high
volume and spend items and also usage of formulary and usage and volume of
antibiotics.
3. Controlled drug and abusable drug monitoring
Supports the responsible officer for Controlled Drug monitoring within the
hospital
4. Bespoke reporting of therapeutic areas. The
system is fully flexible allowing the user to generate reports giving detailed
analysis of ward prescribing. The data also generates Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
information to review therapeutic groups.
5. Identification of high cost / financial risk / clinical
risk areas of prescribing. Examples of the risk areas included are:
Controlled drug monitoring, NICE drugs usage, Non-tariff drugs for recharge,
specialist drugs and shared care drugs to assist in budget management.
6. Individual drug cost or usage tracking.
Monitoring of drug usage over time to show changes in usage or cost at
directorate or ward level. This is useful in reviewing prescribing trends
including purchase costs of drugs or identifying diversion of medication.
7. Comparison statistics The system allows a DDD
data extract to be collated and redistributed to all participating hospitals to
show comparison in prescribing patterns. This allows clinical pharmacists the
ability to compare their hospital prescribing practice against other users of
the system.
8. Data maintenance and update interface
[Administrator function]. A data maintenance facility is included in
the software for an administrator to maintain the data structures and to add new
data to the system at the end of month to ensure the data is rapidly up to date.
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