Decision Support – Focusing on the Evidence
Thursday 9th February, 2006
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London

Morning Session chaired by Dr June Crown CBE

• The evidence in support of computerised clinical decision support
  

Professor Jeremy Wyatt, Professor of Health Informatics, Dundee University

• Sins of the Fathers
  

Dr Neal Maskrey, Medical Director, National Prescribing Centre

• Practical application of decision support
  

Professor Stephen Chapman, Head of Dept of Medicines Management, Keele University

• NHS Direct – 7 years of CDSS in action
  

Dr Mike Sadler, Medical Director, NHS Direct

The afternoon session was chaired by Ms Alison Bourke

• The effect of quality incentives in general practice: Observations on prescribing patterns
  

Mr Sean MacBride-Stewart, Senior Pharmacist, NHS National Services, Scotland

• Independent extgended and supplementary nurse prescribing practice: A national questionnaire survey
  

Dr Molly Courtenay, Reader, School of Health & Social Care, Reading University

• An evaluation of the JANUS web application, a computer program used for screening for drug-drug interactions
  

Dr Buster Mannheimer, Dept of Medicine, Stockholm Soder Hospital

• Appropriateness for prescribing for older inpatients in surgical wards
  

Dr Alice Oborne, Principal Pharmacist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust

• The influence of initial prescribing location on adherence to statin therapy
  

Mr Ian Barron, Pharmacist, Trinity College, Dublin

• Repeat dispensing at pathfnder pilots: the general practice perspective
  

Ms Rebecca Elvey, Research Associate, School of Pharmacy and Pharmceutical Sciences, University of Manchester