The introduction of electronic prescriptions has improved patient accessibility to medication and reduced the administrative burden on pharmacies related to faxed or emailed prescriptions.
Most pharmacies now successfully operate a hybrid dispensing workflow that incorporates both electronic and paper-based prescriptions.
Despite the benefits of electronic prescriptions, mistakes can still be made if the correct dispensing processes are not followed. As such, the PDL Professional Officers continue to see incidents involving electronic prescriptions which generally fall into o…
