Dr's Prescription

Sudish World Dr's prescriptions to be accepted as a legal medical prescription it needs to be filed by a qualified doctor, herbalist, nurse, pharmacist, physician, veterinarian etc., which falls within their remit to prescribe such treatments.

Prescriptions may be entered into an electronic medical record system and transmitted electronically to a pharmacy. In some cases, a prescription may be transmitted from the physician to the pharmacist orally by telephone; this practice may increase the risk of medical error. The content of a prescription includes the name and address of the prescribing provider and any other legal requirement such as a registration number. Unique for each prescription is the name of the patient. Each prescription is dated and some jurisdictions may place a time limit on the prescription.

Some prescribers further inform the patient and pharmacist by providing the indication for the medication; i.e. what is being treated. This assists the pharmacist in checking for errors as many common medications can be used for multiple medical conditions.

1. Functions of Dr's prescription system:
✓ Patient identification
✓ Generating a complete active medication list
✓ Access to patient historical data
✓ Prescribe or add new medication
✓ Work with an existing medication within the practice
✓ Printing prescriptions
✓ Electronically transmitting prescriptions
✓ Conducting all safety checks using an integrated decision
✓ Providing information on formulary medications

2. Benefits of Electronic Dr's Prescription
✓ Reduce prescribing and dispensing errors
✓ Decrease the work needed to execute a prescription
✓ Speed receipt of prescribed drugs
✓ Avoid more adverse drug interactions and reactions
✓ Improve medication compliance
✓ Reduce the incidence of drug diversion
✓ Safety improvements are highly desirable
✓ Improving patient safety and quality of care
✓ Reducing time spent