Electronic prescription: an innovation that the health system needed

Despite the recurring demands for implementation by organizations in the field of health -especially since insurers-, the electronic prescription It is one of the critical aspects of health management that had not been comprehensively addressed until now in the digital transformation who has been experiencing health industryboth in Argentina like in Latin America.

As a result of the pandemic of the year 2020, both in countries of LATAM like in Argentinadifferent technological solutions that resolved in different ways the access to medicines through a electronic prescription.

These were solutions that resolved the need of the moment, but that – seen from a comprehensive vision and health risk management– they leave aside very important elements such as recipe management traceabilityhe support for health professionals in their work, collaborating with the control of, for example, drug interactions that could be harmful to the patient or with any treatment that the patient is already undergoing, among others.

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A situation that will be reversed with the application of DNU that in his title XI modifies the first article of the Law No. 27,553and establishes that all medical prescriptionsincluding the prescription and dispensing of medicationsmust be carried out exclusively through digital recipesmade and signed in electronic platforms authorized.

Since the incorporation of the electronic prescriptionthe prescription of medications will be much faster and easier than in paper format. Additionally, it will provide a higher degree of security to the patient and will allow quick access to pharmacies.

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What are the advantages of electronic prescription?

Its main objectives are improve the quality of healthcare and patient safetyand facilitate access to medicines. While, among the main advantages of the electronic prescriptionit can be mentioned:

• Reduction in the volume of dosing and dispensing errors, resulting in an increase in patient safety.
• Simplification of the prescription and dispensation process, saving time for all actors involved.
• Increased patient satisfaction, given its immediate availability at any time.
• Improved traceability and documentation of each person’s medication history.

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Digital prescription: what is the deadline for its full incorporation into the health system?

He National Executive Branch through the DNU indicates the period necessary to achieve the total digitization in prescription and dispensing of medications and all other prescriptions, establishing that it may not exceed the July 1, 2024.

The deadline can be met perfectly. In fact, both health insurersLike the hospitals, clinics and other health organizations, have the real possibility of incorporating the digital prescription in the short term.

Management modules

The comprehensive medication management modules that digital health platforms such as the Connectia Suitewhich are already available on the market and implemented in many health insurers, allows the electronic prescription to be incorporated quickly.

These management modules allow:

• Generate electronic recipes.
• Optimize access to medications and visualization of the entire electronic prescription process.
• Establish safe use strategies, such as the detection of polypharmacy, drug interactions and control of maximum doses.

Even medical professionals can generate the instructions for consumption of prescribed medications (quantity, frequency and time) so agile and precise.

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Additionally, if electronic medication management is linked to a generation of digital medical recordsHE simplify other associated processes. For example, the automatic allergy checks or contraindications related to weight, sex and age and pre-existing pathologiesamong other conditions.

Through the electronic prescription and the comprehensive digital medication managementthe doctor can identify those prescriptions not dispensed and inform the provider so that he or she can alert the patient about the possible consequences that not taking the medication he or she needs may cause in his or her condition. health.