Blacktown Hospital in Sydney has set up a portal within its electronic medical record that allows prescriptions for discharge medications to be sent electronically to the hospital pharmacy, meaning a paper script no longer has to be physically signed and delivered.

The new workflow is part of Blacktown's electronic medications management (eMeds) program, which has seen Cerner's medications system rolled out across the Western Sydney Local Health District's hospitals, along with most other LHDs in the state.