Friday, May 2, 2008

ScriptX – Just What is it and Where is This Heading?

The following press release appeared a day or so ago, along with an ASX announcement under the symbol COO. Corum Health joint venture pioneers e-prescriptions 27/03/2008 Corum Health Services is pleased to announce the joint venture to develop the first widely available system for electronically transmitting prescriptions between doctors and pharmacies. Endorsed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, ScriptX has the potential to dramatically improve patient care by improving the safety and efficiency of prescribing, while protecting patient privacy and choice of pharmacy. Our joint venture partners, Health Communication Network Limited and Fred Health, have worked with us to: • Enable doctors to securely electronically send prescriptions to an encrypted hub for retrieval at a patient's pharmacy of choice • Provide a universal standard, so that all doctors, medical facilities and pharmacies throughout Australia can access ScriptX, no matter what software they use • Preserve...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.