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Electronic Drug Prescription

ePrescription is based on the traditional prescription and dispensing process providing a better service to citizens and integrating every player in the new process.

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Through an IT infrastructure that provides:

  • New storage and information management technologies.
  • Efficient network infrastructure.
  • Data analysis and reporting technologies.
  • Electronic authentication technologies.
  • Cryptographic and data secure transmission technologies.

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Workflow description

Workflow description: 1- Authentication, 2- Prescription, 3- Dispensation, 4- Billing

Benefits

  • The patient receives all the medication for his entire treatment directly from the pharmacy, without the need to go back repeatedly to the healthcare center to revew prescriptions periodically.
  • Time and cost savings for both the patient and Health Organizations.
  • In a single district where electronic prescription is implemented at nearly 100%, a decrease of 22,3% of the consultations have been observed.
  • Extra time saved can be used to lengthen consultations: less consultation per day and more time dedicated to each patient.
  • Electronic prescription User Database/healthcare card.
  • Data exploitation for farmacy billing system.
  • Specialized care system.
  • Drugstore management POS application.
  • Corporate LDAP drug database.
  • Handling of Spanish drugs that require special approval ("visado de inspección").
  • Email and SMS message sending system.
  • Digital signature platform.
  • Primary care system.
  • Chronic patients and those who live far from a health facility are the ones who benefit the most from this system. At least 20% of chronic patient visits to obtain prescriptions will be avoided.
  • Reduction in the number of prescriptions and dispensation errors.
  • Availability of information for treatment.
  • The pharmacist can easily inform the general practitioner of the treatment information that is relevant for the patient's health.
  • Provides complete clinical, pharmacological pharmaco-economic information that is up to date at the time of prescription.
  • Enables following up the adherence of prescribed drugs to the treatment as well as that of the patient.
  • Ability to consult where and when the patient retrieved the drugs prescribed.
  • Improved cost allocation thanks to an enhanced information system.
  • Substantially improved fraud control by checking the patient's rights when dispensing medication through compulsory presentation of the patient's health card every time.
  • Cost reduction by increasing the prescription of generic drugs.

 

  • Cost cuts
  • Efficiency