Irish Medication Safety Network - Overview of Pharmacy eHealth Group
The Pharmacy eHealth Group (PeHG) serves as a trusted consultation point for digital medication management solutions, aiming to enhance patient safety and medication quality throughout the patient care journey. Established in October 2022 as an advisory committee aligned with Ireland's eHealth Strategy, PeHG engages stakeholders, provides guidance on eHealth projects, and ensures high-quality healthcare delivery. With voluntary participation, it meets regularly to inform stakeholders on relevant developments and issues.
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Pharmacy eHealth Group An Overview Irish Medication Safety Network 24thNovember 2023 Dr Tamasine Grimes Associate Professor in Practice of Pharmacy
Purpose Purpose The PeHG acts as a non-partisan, trusted, consultation point about medication management digital solutions. It aims to contribute positively to patient safety and quality of medication management across the full patient care journey.
How did we come about? How did we come about? PeHG is a special advisory committee, used as a forum for co-operation and engagement, aligned with the implementation of the eHealth Strategy for Ireland. Commissioned by the Department of Health. Established October 2022.
Who are we? Who are we? Chair: Tamasine Grimes Secretary: Noel Stenson Department of Health eHealth & Information Systems Unit Members Pharmacy Policy Informatics & project management Medicine National GPIT Group
Pharmacy Stakeholders and Members Pharmacy Stakeholders and Members Department of Health Medicines, Controlled Drugs and Pharmacy Legislation Unit Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Community Pharmacists Hospital Pharmacists Policy and regulation Frontline service Health Service Executive PCRS HMMS NMPC ePrescribing Programme for Medication Safety Decision making and Support services Prof l bodies Irish Pharmacy Union Irish Medication Safety Network
How do we work? How do we work? Voluntary participation Administrative support from Department of Health Meet every 6-8 weeks Multistakeholder engagement internal and external Forum for discussion and cooperation Inform relevant stakeholders within our respective organisations regarding developments, opportunities and issues for consideration No direct reporting relationship
What do we do? What do we do? our objectives our objectives Ensure that group activity contributes to the delivery of high quality and safe healthcare to patients and service users. Consult and give guidance on proposed and existing eHealth projects relevant to medication management to support governance, strategic direction, compliance with legislation and standards, and pragmatic advice to support successful implementation Promote engagement with the working groups involved in eHealth solution in the interest of patient safety and quality of care with other key stakeholders such as vendors in current and future development of medication management systems Provide insight and a forum for discussion on emerging trends, opportunities and potential issues for its future direction and priorities.
Examples of activity in 2023 Examples of activity in 2023 Consult and give guidance Submission to the Department of Health s new Digital Health Strategic Framework 2023 Promote engagement Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and Irish Institute of Pharmacy Service Plan 2024 and planning around PeHG Forum Irish Medication Safety Network eHealth Medication Safety Working Group National Shared Care Record Programme Provide insight and a forum for discussion Health Information Bill Record keeping and messaging about vaccine administrations in Pharmacies
How can we engage with you? How can we engage with you? Engage with our members Connect with our IIOP hosted forum Chair Tamasine Grimes tagrimes@tcd.ie Secretary Noel Stenson noel@stenson.ie
