25 September marks World Pharmacists Day, a time to recognise the central role pharmacists play in health. This year’s theme, “Think Health, Think Pharmacist”, reminds us that health is not just about treatment; it is about prevention, safety, and partnership, all areas where pharmacists are essential.
At Better Meds, we know this first-hand. Pharmacists have been shaping our solution from the very beginning, testing new features, guiding our design decisions, and ensuring our technology truly supports the realities of clinical practice.
Pharmacists at the core of better prescribing
Pharmacists are often the last line of defence against medication errors, but their role is also changing: they are becoming leaders in digital health, advocates for collaboration, and vital partners in clinical decision-making.
Better Meds is built to give pharmacists more time for those responsibilities, and fewer obstacles in their daily work. That is why our ePMA comes with:
- Medication reconciliation and summaries to make sure no information is lost during admission, transfer, or discharge.
- Allergy checks and warnings to reduce the risk of adverse drug reactions.
- Clear medication administration records with barcode scanning and witnessing, so nurses and pharmacists can work seamlessly together.
- Integrated pharmacy workflows that allow prescriptions to be reviewed, confirmed, or referred back for changes — with just one click.
- Structured pharmacist reviews and reporting dashboards, helping pharmacists track interventions, monitor prescribing trends, and drive safety improvements across the hospital.
Each of these features exists for one reason: to empower pharmacists in their mission to keep patients safe.
How Better Meds helps pharmacists “think health”
- Patient safety becomes proactive, not reactive. Features like allergy alerts, reconciliation, and audit trails help intercept risks before harm happens.
- Efficiency frees up time. With better workflows (one-click requests, clear MARs, integrated systems) pharmacists spend less time chasing paperwork, and more time doing what they do best: clinical review and patient-focused care. Better Meds claims savings like 840 hours per year for pharmacists not having to search paper charts.
- Collaboration is smoother. When doctors, nurses, and pharmacists share real-time data, review dashboards, and common order sets, everyone works more cohesively.
- Continuity across settings. Discharge summaries, outpatient prescribing, and pharmacy integrations help ensure transitions (hospital → home → community) do not mean loss of information or increase in risk.
Voices from our pharmacists
We asked our pharmacists: “What should be a priority for the future of healthcare?”
Their answers reflect both vision and urgency:
- Holistic care and patient data — Christine reminded us that caring for the whole patient requires access to complete, reliable information.
- Connected care across boundaries — Ian emphasised the importance of data flowing seamlessly, across departments and even across borders, so that care never stops at the hospital door.
- Interoperability, communication, and precision medicine — Talha highlighted how stronger connections between systems, responsible use of AI, and advances in genomics will move us toward more personalised, precise healthcare.
These priorities go hand in hand with what we are building at Better Meds: solutions that make data accessible, connect teams across care settings, and support pharmacists in delivering safer, more individualised care.
Looking forward
Pharmacists are not just medication experts; they are stewards of patient safety, navigators of complex therapies, and advocates for more human-centred care. With tools like ePMA, they are better positioned than ever to fulfill that role. At Better Meds, we are proud to work alongside them — building a solution that reduces risk, simplifies processes, and strengthens healthcare for all.
A thank you note
To every pharmacist: thank you for your relentless pursuit of safer care, for bridging gaps across the system, and for being advocates for patients. Because when we truly “think health”, we must always “think pharmacist”.
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