It should, of course, only be necessary to update each patient once except in the case of change of GP or move of house, and so on. The medicine A national standard for medicine nomenclature is urgently required. Without this there can be no truly shared information. Whilst several standards already exist, systems depend on mapping to move data between different systems with the resulting quality dependent upon the quality of the mapping. This issue requires urgent attention.
European proposals are under consideration but no standard has yet been adopted.
Standard terminology is required in order to record pharmacy intervention, patient comment and other relevant additional data such as relevance of OTC purchase. Other information Relevant information for passing between the prescriber and pharmacy will be of value in maximising the benefit of the medicine regimen and car of the patient. Standards for the content of the clinical part of the PMR record must be nationally agreed and follow the structure set out in the various national or EU documents. In order that the PMR can be fully utilised in improving care of the patient it is necessary that the medicine profile is linked with relevant clinical data. I would argue for pharmacy access to the diagnosis in order that that appropriate counselling can be achieved and alerts to relevant reported symptoms reported to the prescriber or primary physician.