Design
Prescriptor is the Electronic Prescribing System (EPS) of Digitalis. Prescriptor-EPS is designed as a problem- and patient- oriented prescribing module to deliver better quality in patient care and is fully integrated into the medical record system of the physician. The medical record system exchanges patient conditions and characteristics with Prescriptor-EPS, enabling it to provide guidelines that are tailor-made for the individual and his medical conditions. The returned guidelines include prescriptions together with eventual alerts and warnings based on the medical dossier of the patient: Prescriptor-EPS cross-references population-based guidelines with the characteristics of the individual patient. Read more
Guidelines
A formulary consists of a set of guidelines and is a comprehensive summary of (non-)medicinal advice in situations where care providers have reached a consensus about the treatment of certain diseases and conditions. An electronic formulary can be applied as a navigation tool to support the prescribing process, whereby the guideline database structures the selection process and makes a distinction between (alternative) diseases, conditions, indications, therapy directions and steps, therapy and prescription choices. Read more
Navigation
Electronic Prescribing is not really a novel concept anymore, having been around for more or less two decades. But Prescriptor-EPS brings this concept a leap forward. It enhances the effective, safe, economic and rational use of medicines, while performing medication surveillance as an integral part of the prescribing process. Polypharmacy, guidelines for special interest groups (chronic ill, elderly, children), hospital admissions resulting from medication errors, etc, cannot be addressed as minor or as unavoidable issues anymore. This cries for knowledge - i.e. medicines management, and ICT support in this respect is essential. Read more
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