Electronic system for prescriptions Return to operation next summer Next to the original schedule, June 24, 6:41
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to move ahead of its initial schedule for a system that digitizes drug prescriptions and allows medical institutions and pharmacies to interact online, aiming for operation from next summer.
In order to receive prescriptions for medicines, it is currently necessary to have a medical institution issue a paper prescription and bring it to the pharmacy, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has digitized the prescription and established a system that allows online exchange, 3 It was planned to start operation in the 5th year of the Reiwa year.
Against this backdrop, the spread of the new coronavirus has prompted the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to accelerate the digitization of the medical field, and has decided to move ahead of its initial schedule and aim for operation from the summer of next year. ..
Along with this, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy to cover the history of surgery and dialysis, etc. for a system that allows patients and medical institutions to check information on medical expenses and drugs online. It is expected to be seen on smartphones.
Over the next two years, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will focus on digitizing the medical field.