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Rome, December 21, 2023 – It won’t be easy, especially not for them older people and who has less Familiarity with technology. The medical prescriptions No more money is spent on medication Paper size but only digitally. They will get away Email or SMS on your mobile phone or home PC. An epochal change that will affect both “red” prescriptions (those with exemption or payment of the co-payment) and white ones (medications that are subject to a fee). Since when? How should we behave? What does the pharmacist have to do? Let’s go one by one.
The recipe on the tablet
Farewell to paper recipes forever and prescriptions valid for one year for chronically ill people. These are some of the main innovations proposed by the Decree Law on simplification for the pharmaceutical sector adopted by the Council of Ministers.
The recipes are available electronic formatand no more paper, both for Medicines paid for by the NHS (red recipe) both for this one paid (white prescription). Not only. The requirements for i chronically ill people they are valid for one year.
“When prescribing medicines that are paid for by the National Health Service for the treatment of chronic diseases – we read in the draft regulation – the prescribing doctor can indicate this in the repeatable dematerialized recipebased on the individual therapy protocol, the dosage and number of packs that can be delivered within a maximum period of twelve months.”
A novelty that simplifies the life of those who deal with it a lot chronic disease. “The prescribing doctor can, if this is necessary for reasons of the appropriateness of the prescription – suspend the prescription at any time Prescription repeatability or change the therapy”. It is the pharmacist who “informs the patient about the correct way to take the prescribed medicine” by telling him “a A sufficient number of packs is enough to cover 30 days of therapybased on the indicated dosage”. At the end of the period, the patient can return with the same prescription and receive a new one-month supply.
Always the pharmacist“When monitoring compliance with drug therapy if difficulties are identified on the patient’s part.” taking the prescribed medication correctlyreports critical problems medical Prescriber for competency assessments”.
Il Minister of Healthin agreement with the Minister of Economic Affairsmust issue a decree within ninety days of the law’s entry into force to determine “the further application methods and necessary IT procedures”.
The simplification regulation also includes measures against drug shortages: in the event of a temporary or permanent interruption of Marketing a drug package, the marketing authorization holder (AIC) must notify AIFA of this within 2 months before the interruption of the marketing of the product, and no longer 4 months as before. The notice “will be renewed in the event of an extension of the suspension period.”
Once generated, the recipe is digital stored in the system and identified by a Codice Nazionale Univocor generated by the central receiving system, known as Electronic prescription number. This alphanumeric code consisting of 15 digits, replaces the traditional prescription barcode. The doctor issues the patient a paper reminder of the electronic prescription and then sends it to the patient in electronic form Email, SMS or other electronic means of communication.
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