An evaluation of e-prescribing at a national level

Parv, Liisa; Kruus, Priit; Mõtte, Kaie; Ross, Peeter

doi:10.3109/17538157.2014.948170

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“…Electronic prescription (ePrescription) has been considered as a pharmaceutical policy reform in many countries . ePrescription has been viewed as an important strategy for improving the efficacy and quality of the prescribing and dispensing processes and for improving patient safety . In the European Union, an ePrescription is defined as a prescription for medicines that is issued on a computer by a healthcare professional and then electronically transmitted to the pharmacy for retrieval of the medicine by the patient.…”

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“…Dispensation of the medicine is also recorded electronically . A full ePrescription process is currently in nationwide use in only a few European countries, among them Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Finland . ePrescription is widely used in the United States, and pilots employing ePrescription have been carried out in many European countries …”

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Impact of electronic prescription on the job descriptions of community pharmacy staff in Finland - a survey of pharmacy owners

Timonen

Kauppinen

Ahonen

2016

J Pharm Health Serv Res

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Objectives A fully operational and nationwide electronic prescription (ePrescription) system has been implemented by law in Finland. The aim was to explore the impact of ePrescription on the job descriptions of pharmaceutical and technical staff in Finnish community pharmacies from the pharmacy owners’ perspective. The effects of ePrescription on measures related to equipment and furnishings in pharmacies were also explored. Methods A postal survey was conducted among a random sample of Finnish pharmacy owners (n = 191) in 2014. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. Key findings The final study material consisted of 155 questionnaires (81% response rate). In many pharmacies the use of ePrescription had affected the job descriptions of technical (73.9%) and pharmaceutical staff (47.4%), and the pharmacy owner's own use of time (44.4%). Prescription processing had decreased among technical staff (92.9%) and increased among pharmaceutical staff (42.3%). Prescription processing and dispensing had become quicker. The implementation of ePrescription had not affected the size of the staff in most of the pharmacies (72.1%). ePrescription had resulted in measures related to furnishings and/or equipment in 60.6% of the pharmacies. Most often, computer equipment had been updated (66.0%) or more computers had been purchased (59.6%). Conclusions The implementation of ePrescription has had an impact on the job descriptions of pharmacy staff in Finnish community pharmacies. Particularly affected has been the job description of technical staff, who now process fewer prescriptions. The transition to the new technology has also necessitated investment in computer equipment and furnishings for dispensing work at pharmacies.

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Impact of electronic prescription on the job descriptions of community pharmacy staff in Finland - a survey of pharmacy owners

Timonen

Kauppinen

Ahonen

2016

J Pharm Health Serv Res

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“…Such a knowledge transfer environment development in Mektory Innovative Teaching Factory environment has been described at [12] in more detail. The first year of Mektory experience as 24/7 environment has led us to include health care monitoring into factory, supporting elaborated eHealth platform for e-prescribing at national level [13], whereas development towards involving modern public sensor systems is compared in Table 1. …”

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Smart Health Care Monitoring Technologies to Improve Employee Performance in Manufacturing

Kaare

Otto

2015

Procedia Engineering

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In today's economic context the input via productivity of highly skilled employees are crucial assets in manufacturing. The ageing of skilled workforce and unconducive work environment are some of the challenges that hold back competitiveness. Employee performance and productivity are influenced by a number of factors including satisfaction, health, safety, comfort, welfare. This paper emphasizes the human factor as a critical asset in the value chain and presents new approaches for motivating and safeguarding the employees. The collected data enables to design a human centric employee performance measurement system comprising of various indices. As a result management can make decisions based on quantitative information towards employee satisfaction, physical wellbeing and attract workforce to stay longer in the labour market. ICT tools are exploited to support the integration of different developments forming a framework that combines modules that monitor several health and well-being parameters and analysing how they affect employee performance.

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“…Virossa sähköisistä lääkemääräyksistä oli vuoteen 2014 mennessä tehty kaksi selvitystä, joita ei ole julkaistu tieteellisissä julkaisusarjoissa. [40] Sähköinen resepti on lisännyt apteekkien ja terveydenhuollon yhteistyötä. [41] Lääkkeiden määräämiseen, toimittamiseen ja uudistamiseen liittyvistä paikallisista toimintamalleista on sovittu.…”

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Suomen lääkemääräysten seurannan ensimmäiset yksitoista kuukautta vuonna 2017

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Nurmi²,

Konttinen³

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TiivistelmäLääkemääräys on laadittava sähköisesti 1.1.2017 alkaen. Laissa määriteltyjen poikkeustapausten perusteella laaditussa kirjallisessa ja puhelinlääkemääräyksessä on perusteltava, miksi sitä ei ole annettu sähköisesti. Valtakunnallisen toiminnallisen muutoksen myötä on mahdollista selvittää ensimmäisen kerran lääkemääräysten kokonaismää-rä Suomessa. Tutkimusaineistona ovat reseptikeskukseen tallennetut potilastietojärjestelmissä ja Kelaimessa laaditut sähköiset lääkemääräykset sekä apteekeissa tallennetut (sähköistetyt) kirjalliset, puhelin-ja erityislupavalmisteiden lääkemääräykset tutkimusjaksolla 1.1.-30.11.2017. Reseptikeskukseen tallennettiin tutkimusjaksolla 29,477 (100 %) milj. sähköistä lääkemääräystä, joista 96,6 % oli laadittu potilastietojärjestelmissä ja 1,0 % Kelaimella. Apteekeissa sähköistettiin 0,375 (1,3 %) milj. lääkemääräystä, joista 0,246 (0,8 %) milj. oli kirjallisia ja 0,122 (0,4 %) milj. puhelinlääkemääräyksiä. Apteekeissa sähköistetyistä lääkemääräyksistä yli puolet oli kirjallisia lääke-määräyksiä, jotka oli laadittu teknisen häiriön perusteella. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin ensimmäisen kerran Suomessa lääkemääräysten kokonaismäärää vuoden 2017 yhdentoista kuukauden tietojen perusteella. Valtakunnallisessa seurannassa ilmeni päivittäin teknisiä häiriöitä, joiden perusteella laadittiin kirjallisia ja puhelinlääkemääräyksiä.Avainsanat: sähköinen lääkemääräys, resepti, Kelain, Kanta-palvelut AbstractElectronic prescription is mandatory in Finland since the 1st January 2017. A physician or a dentist can issue a written or a telephone prescription under exceptional circumstances, and the reason for issuing must be given. Because of the administrative nationwide change it was the first time possible to find out prescription volume in Finland. Written and telephone prescriptions were typed in to the national Prescription Centre at the pharmacies. Electronic prescriptions were sent to the Prescription Centre (ePrescription Service) from electronic patient data systems, or Kelain web prescription service. Data from the Prescription Centre were extracted from the 1st January till the 30th November 2017. There were 29.477 Million (100%) new electronic prescriptions, of which 96.6% were from electronic patient data systems and 1.0% from Kelain web service. Altogether 0.375 Million (1.3%) prescriptions were typed in at the pharmacies, of which 0.246 Million (0.8%) were written and 0.122 Million (0.4%) telephone prescriptions. Approximately half of the prescriptions recorded in at the pharmacies were written prescriptions that were issued because of a technical failure. In this study we report the first time prescription volume in

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An evaluation of e-prescribing at a national level

Cited by 28 publications

References 27 publications

Impact of electronic prescription on the job descriptions of community pharmacy staff in Finland - a survey of pharmacy owners

Impact of electronic prescription on the job descriptions of community pharmacy staff in Finland - a survey of pharmacy owners

Smart Health Care Monitoring Technologies to Improve Employee Performance in Manufacturing

Suomen lääkemääräysten seurannan ensimmäiset yksitoista kuukautta vuonna 2017

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