期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering
印刷版ISSN：2320-9798
电子版ISSN：2320-9801
出版年度：2017
卷号：5
期号：5
页码：10052
DOI：10.15680/IJIRCCE.2017.0505224
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Healthcare industry is revolutionizing with a wide use of digital innovations and technology.Theubiquity of technology is extending into the field of healthcare .This paper presents Electronic Prescribing anddevelopments in pharmacy related to Electronic health Records .One of the key problems faced by health careprofessionals continue to be the lack of consolidated medication information and an inability to easily shareinformation between healthcare professionals. When patients move between community and hospital, the absence ofgood quality and up to date data can contribute to these interactions becoming high risk, resulting in medication errorsand the critical data being lost. E-prescription can be used to enhance the accuracy and patient safety.Healthcareprofessionals must use a computerized medication provider tool to record and dispense the prescribed medicines tofulfill the requirements. The principle is to provide an electronic way of prescribing the medications to the patients. Ateach stage the prescription is verified and signed electronically by the authorized physicians .At each module thedatabase is updated .This ensures accuracy by reducing medication errors.However , there are significant disadvantageslike cost, privacy, system error etc.
