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E- Prescription (Requirement (Hardware (Computer - for pharmacist and…
E- Prescription
Requirement
Hardware
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Servers - store Transaction Hub’s database of patients, pharmacists and prescriptions
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Software
E-prescription software (MDToolbox-Rx,DrChrono EHR,AdvancedMD,NextGen Health)
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Communication
Internet connection ,database
Impacts
Pharmacist
Positive-reduce dispensing error
Negative
-require training,
-accidental data input
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Doctor
Positive
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also can know whether the medicine are available (stock)
therefore they can prescribe another medicine(dosage)
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Ethical Concern
Privacy
- the patient health record might be exposed to other party which can affect patient life.
Security
- the security of patient data in the software need to protect from being hack by third party .
Reliability
- the system could be down.
- blackout
- slow or interrupted internet connection
Solutions
Privacy
- design a privacy policy that prevents any data to be sold to third party
- a gdpr compliant policy (rights to erasure etc)
policy
positive
-the enforcement doctor and pharmacist should monitor them whether they abide to the rule or not.
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Reliability
- Duplicate servers to increase redundancy
- An offsite backup server/ power supply.
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Security
- encrypting database and communication
- restrict access of every party
Encryption
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Negative
-unauthorised person who friend with the person who can access the software might know the private key to access the data.
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what is it?
- A computer-based electronic generation, transmission, and filling of a medical prescription
- Replaces paper and faxed prescriptions
- Allows a physician, pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to use digital prescription software to electronically transmit a new prescription or renewal authorization to a community or mail-order pharmacy