Question

How are information systems used to prescribe medications? Provide examples.

Answer 1

Doctors can provide e-prescriptions instead of hand written paper prescription with the use of information systems. These days, it is being widely used in US. Actually,it is a positive development as it has enormous benefits. Firstly, it reduces the incidence of medication errors caused by illegible handwriting. It also helps to identify patient's previous medication history including allergies,various drugs that are already in use by the patient .This gives instant notification about drug allergies or potential interactions with other medicines and thereby such problems can be reduced to a great extent. Some e -prescription applications like DrFirst's rcopia can be an excellent example for this. It has even drug dictionary, which gives complete details of a medicine.