Dispensary Friendly Formulary – another resource to help Dispex members
By Dr Philip Koopowitz – Dispex & Hexagon6
Dispex has a wealth of resources to assist practices in creating their own bespoke
dispensary-friendly formulary.
This includes our Brand Comparisons section, which allows practices to see the
financial implications of dispensing certain products within the same class. We
have recently added disease-specific formularies, starting with Asthma and will
be completing the Respiratory formulary over the next month. You may have
noticed that our Asthma formulary is also Wholesaler-specific, allowing you to
order in the most financially efficient way.
We know that one of the biggest obstacles for clinicians prescribing from a
dispensary-friendly formulary is a lack of knowledge and not being able to
remember the nuances of whether to prescribe generically or by brand, and
if by brand, which particular brand.
We have developed a Dispex Nudger which is a pop-up that highlights to the
prescriber when they should be considering prescribing a more dispensary-friendly
alternative. Members will need to login to view the links and video.
We have published an easy-to-follow video to allow you to set this up in your EMIS
system and will be doing the same for SystmOne. The Dispex Nudger needs to be
set up in conjunction with our Brand Comparisons.
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