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e-Prescription and e-Dispensing on a national/ regional scale

Nation-wide access to the current medication of a patient.

Contacts

TBD

Purpose and Business Need

Healthcare professionals need an accurate and actual overview of the patient’s medication.

EHDS Context

Primary Use

Health Information Domain and EHDS Priority Data Category

Electronic Prescription (ePrescription)

Context

Information about the current medication should be accessible by all participants that are involved in a healthcare setting. Besides a list of the medication the patient is currently using (or has used in the last period), extra information can be is needed regarding contraindications and relevant laboratory testing results. The list of current medication can consist of the following medication information:

  • Prescriptions
  • Dispenses
  • Administrations

Participants

  • Healthcare professional (HCP)
  • Pharmacist
  • Patient

Functional process flow

  1. Patient visits HCP
  2. HCP requests the current medication list
  3. HCP views the list of current medications from his EHR

Maturity

Production