e-Prescription Services

e-Prescription is an automatic data entry system with hand or computer or other technology, thereby producing an electronic prescription instead of a paper prescription. Different healthcare systems require different e-prescriptions because cultural differences can play an important role in designing. For example, German people may be more concerned about health data privacy.

In a simple word e-Prescription process, the doctor examines a patient, selects a medication, and creates the prescription in his medical software system. The doctor can see each prescription in the medical software system. The doctor then signs the e-Prescription with a qualified e-signature.

Some e-Prescription services in countries was used at the national, state, local, and area levels in the studied countries and covered the whole prescription process or part of it.

• Denmark
• Finland
• Sweden
• England
• United States
• Turkey

The Benefits of E-Prescription and Its Contribution to the Correct Use of Medicines:

• Accuracy, adequacy and suitability; are significant benefits for patients
• Medicine can be written faster
• Easy reading of medications. It was difficult to read the handwritten medicines of some doctors by the pharmacies
• Medication, amount and dose errors can be minimized
• Facilities are provided for certified patients
• The effect of bureaucracy is reduced in payments
• E-prescription saves time and effort
• In the hospital, patients can take medicine more easily
• It prevents counterfeit prescription and prescription problems
• There is no need to send a notification to other organization for drug prices and archiving, and archiving can be done electronically
• Ease of monitoring, inspection and control is provided
• For fake patients, it becomes impossible to prescribe medication without going to the hospital
• Integration with other organizations is ensured
• The opportunity to prescribe appropriate medication provides an advantage for proactive action and compliance with risk management plan and activities
• Paperwork is reduced

Maryam Ghalandari