When Cost-Saving Software Undermines GP Prescribing Julie Penfold

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/when-cost-saving-software-undermines-gp-prescribing-2026a1000qvv?src= “We have found many of our GPs find the medicines optimisation software to be annoying,” said Dr Grant Ingrams, chief executive of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Medical Committee (LLR LMC). “The messages constantly pop up and try to persuade GPs to change medication to whatever brand formulation is the cheapest that week. But then often within a year or two, GPs are being told to move those patients to yet another version. This creates additional, unfunded work for practices and it can cause distrust between patients and their GPs.”