The four we talked about could, and there are about six provinces that track all drugs for all people. They could do that, but the challenge here.... The question you asked is a good one. It could be done on a retrospective basis. The kinds of systems that we have specified and got in place will have medication management at the time of prescribing and at the time of dispensing it. At this point, they mainly have the time of dispensing. They will have alert management systems, so they can look at a patient's medication history and, as the clinician prescribes another drug, they can tell at that time whether its a safe drug or not a safe drug and what the alternative should be.
On June 3rd, 2010. See this statement in context.