Rayan FaroukIn the environment-conscious era, being paperless has become the new trend. And while the technology in healthcare is advancing, most routine work is now digitized. The digitization enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of various clinical operations. The newest addition to the digitization transformations is the prescribing of medications electronically. ePrescriptions in clinic management systems can make handling medications way easier.
The traditional method of writing and handling prescriptions is being replaced with faster, safer and more digitally accurate solutions. ePrescribing is the process by which doctors can generate and send prescriptions electronically to patients, ensuring streamlined patient care and improving clinic operations.
ePrescribing involves software to create, review and revoke prescriptions electronically. It allows healthcare providers to create and print it for patients or send it electronically to them, which could eliminate potential issues related to illegible handwriting, lost paper prescriptions or spelling mistakes.
For clinics that use clinic management systems like Balsam Medico, integrating ePrescribing into daily operations is a game-changer. It streamlines the entire prescription process from the consultation room to the patient, providing timely access to their medications and ensuring accuracy in drug dispensation.
There are many advantages of using ePrescribing such as:
- It improves patient safety by digitizing it instead of writing the prescription by hand. This could reduce errors in drug dosage or medication type.
- It can streamline their workflows by reducing time spent writing, verifying and handling paper prescriptions. The time saved allows doctors to see more patients, increasing overall productivity and efficiency.
- It reduces prescription errors such as incorrect medication. EMR uses standardized drug databases to prevent potential mistakes.
- Integrating it with an EMR can give a complete patient profile and track the most common prescribed drugs and patterns. It can also generate reports to give valuable data analytics.
How Balsam Medico Support ePrescribing
Balsam Medico offers the ideal platform for implementing ePrescribing. It can help in many ways such as:
- It contains a detailed EMR including all information on current medications, past prescriptions, allergies and medical history.
- It gives healthcare providers access to a patient’s medication history.
To prescribe a drug in Medico, you can navigate to the patient’s profile or during the patient’s current visit. A list of standardised drugs issued by the government is added to the system. Doctors can view the list and select a drug to add to their commonly used drug list. This will make prescribing way much easier. Select the drug, complete the important fields and lastly click Print & Lock. This adds the prescription to the patient profile, and the patient can receive the prescription either printed or sent electronically via various platforms such as email or WhatsApp.
And don’t worry, the printed prescription will contain all the important information. It will include the clinic’s logo, name and information, patient’s information, drug instructions and the doctor’s stamp and signature.
When a clinic integrates with either Riayati or Nabidh, Medico automatically sends this data to the appropriate portal.
Transitioning from paper-based prescriptions to ePrescribing requires time and training for the clinic staff. Doctors, nurses and administrative personnel must be comfortable with the new system to avoid workflow disruptions during the transition period.
In the end, ePrescribing stands out as a critical component of modern clinic management systems. Not only does it enhance efficiency and reduce errors, but it also improves patient safety and experience. And as technology continues to advance, ePrescribing will become more essential in clinical settings.
To get a step-by-step tutorial on prescribing drugs, contact our Customer Success team. The team is always ready to help you enhance your workflow.
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