National Prescription Processing System Suffers Collapse
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The national prescription system of medicines, from the SNS, is recording failures this Friday, affecting the issuance and dispensing of prescriptions in various parts of the country. The problems are...
Computer failure affects the units of the SNS, preventing prescription of drugs and exams electronically. Shared services of the Ministry of Health say that normality is being answered.
Doctors Union says system disruption is affecting primary health care units across the country
A failure in the computer system of the National Health Service is also affecting Madeira, especially with regard to the issue of prescriptions and the sale of medicines in pharmacies. As the DIÁRIO has found with some health professionals and several pharmacies, the problem has occurred since the beginning of the morning of Friday. In the case of health units, professionals are forced to pass prescriptions on paper, since computer failure makes…
An interruption in the systems prevented access to clinical processes, prescriptions and examinations during the morning of Friday, generating constraints in health care throughout the country. Shared services of the Ministry of Health have confirmed that systems are being gradually repaired.
At this time there is a failure of the computer system at the national level in primary health care, said the agency Lusa the regional secretary of the Independent Medical Union (SIM), Hugo Cadavez. According to the union leader, the interruption of the computer systems began around 08:50 and is causing significant constraints in the activity of the health centers. He explained that the professionals cannot consult the processes of the patients,…
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