Maddys

e-Prescribing or electronic prescribing is the process of electronically generating and sending a prescription order to a pharmacy directly from the point of care. e-Prescribing improves accuracy, enhances patient safety and quality of care as there are no chances of false interpretation by pharmacist in prescriptions. With the help of e-prescribing tools healthcare providers can enter prescription information into a computer device such as a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer and securely transmit the prescription to pharmacies using a special software program and connectivity to a transmission network. Market Dynamics Significant increase in the number of e-prescriptions in developed economies is attributed to technological developments in healthcare IT and rise in demand of e-prescriptions to reduce the drug abuse. According to Surescripts, e-prescriptions for controlled substances in 2017 accounted for 77.33 million, which increased from 12.8 million in 2015, with a 50...