SPOT: Safer Prescription of Opioids Tool
PATCH funded early development of SPOT, a digital tool to support safer opioid prescribing across mobile devices, advancing safer medication practice in palliative contexts.
PATCH funded the prototype stage of SPOT (Safer Prescription of Opioids Tool)—software that supports safer dosing of opioid pain medicines across phones, tablets, and laptops. Developing tools that reduce prescribing risk is part of PATCH’s wider work to improve serious illness care in hospital settings.
The charity profile notes there are more than 4,000 mistakes in opioid prescribing in the UK each year, and SPOT was designed to let clinicians double-check opioid conversions safely at the patient’s bedside. The app has been tested in Scottish health boards and has worked towards wider adoption.
Related coverage includes early support for Dr Roger Flint’s development work and later recognition when the Dundas Medal honoured the team behind the SPOT app.
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Dr Roger Flint awarded a prestigious Harvard HealthTech Fellowship.
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In 2016, PATCH was the first organisation to fund Dr Flint in the development of his SPOT (Safer Prescribing of Opioids Tool) software as a medical device app.
“SPOT” Safer Prescription of Opioids Tool
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PATCH funded the prototype stage of SPOT – a novel application that can be used on a range of mobile devices including laptops, tablets and smartphones to calculate painkiller dosages.