- Currently it is estimated that at least 210 thousand doctors already use medical prescriptions with their patients.
- In more developed countries like the United States, most recipes are already digital.
- In addition to being an ecological modality, it also implies significant savings in stationery because it is not necessary to print the recipes.
Medical practices today are quite different than they were a few decades ago. Everything is transformed and in this case the responsible is technology. Now you don’t even need to be in the office with the patient because care can be delivered remotely. Similarly, among the most recent developments are the interoperable electronic prescriptionsDo you know how they work?
First of all, it is necessary to talk about one of the biggest problems that exist in health. It’s about the self medication and unfortunately it is becoming more and more frequent. Although patients think that it is a small action without consequences, in reality it is quite the opposite.
With this in mind, since 2010 in our country the sale of antibiotics. Now it is necessary to show an official medical prescription to acquire this type of drug. Until a few years ago, everything was handled on physical paper, but now it is different due to the acceleration of digitization.
goodbye to paper
The electronic recipes They have gained popularity over the last couple of years. It is a safe, traceable option that protects patients and allows for control. Although there is a problem that has not yet been resolved.
From the beginning, the objective behind the legal change was to avoid self-medication, to which 78% of Mexicans resort even after this regulation was issued. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the abuse of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance as one of the main concerns in terms of public health. However, there are other obstacles that have worked against this common goal.
Although medical prescriptions must meet certain conditions by law, they have not been completely unfalsifiable. It was very difficult for an establishment to be able to strictly control paper documents, especially if there was no interconnection with other pharmacies, even from other chains or owners. The solution lies in interoperable electronic prescriptions.
“For some years now, technological innovation has allowed electronic prescriptions to spread in other countries: they are unfalsifiable, they cannot be duplicated or dispensed more times than necessary, and they are interoperable, that is, they are valid in multiple establishments, with the same security locks. In the United States, for example, in 2017, 66% of prescriptions were electronic. In 2020, this figure reached 84%”, commented Bruno Valera, founder and CEO of Medikit.
In this way, the interoperable electronic prescriptions They are already a reality in Mexico. So far there are just over 210,000 health professionals who use them with their patients. Its advantage is that it can be supplied safely at any of the more than 12,000 allied points of sale, with discounts and benefits.