PRACTICE OF E-PRESCRIPTION AND TELEMEDICINE IN INDIA

In present practice in India, prescription is more popular that e-prescription whereas e-prescription is advanced version than prescription. Telemedicine develops the medical practice where in critical situation patient received their treatment on urgent basis. E-PRESCRIPTION: E-prescription has increased the patient’s safety and medical accuracy. The health care has been developed when E-prescription has come where it has reduced errors in reading handwritten prescriptions in Indian scenario. Practice advantages of E-prescription: • It saves the lot of time of the patient because after visit the pharmacy patients received all medicines without waiting much time. • E-prescription is highly safer than paper prescription because all are given in typed format. • E-prescription softwares have helped to increase the quality and accuracy. • After checking the patient medical history clinical decisions generated automatically such as dose checking, drug-drug interactions, food drug interactions, allergic interactions, duplicate therapy if provided etc. • Enhance the quality of the patient safety and patient care. Doctors can access the patient’s medical history. • Improves productivity by ensuring in-time medical reminders and saving time for both parties. TELEMEDICINE: Tele-medicines are the pathways of latest medical information technology and telecommunication. The modernized telemedical devices have helped in communicating with medical services through telephone, video calling. Due to some factors such as mobile, new diagnostic techniques, server applications etc. the quality of telemedicines have improved. Practice Advantages of telemedicines • It has helped many patients life when an emergency situation is occurred. • In rural areas, at the time of disaster there no healthcare is unavailable. During such times telemedicines can be of use. • Telemedicines helps in reducing outpatient visit as it helps patient monitor through computer, phone technology and tablet etc. • Doctors generally taken less fees for telemedicine consultation as compared to visit in-person. • Telemedicines also cut on travel expenses for patients as well as doctors. Now, at last but not least increasing of public awareness related to practice of e-prescription and telemedicine in India is highly essential for the improvement of patient health and enhancement of patient care & safety.