Two Years of ePrescription in Slovenia - Applications and Potentials
Apstrakt
ePrescription is one of the most successful eHealth solutions in Slovenia. Since its national roll-out in early 2016, the quality of its operations has been constantly improving, and the number of users has been growing ever since to reach today's 90% of all healthcare providers. ePrescription facilitates more transparent and safer prescribing of medications, an overview of possible medication interactions, and reduction of administrative and opportunity costs. This paper initially explores the current state of ePrescription in Slovenia and different aspects of its application. Based on the research findings, the paper finally outlines potentials of ePrescription, which could be transformed into tangible benefits with particular implications for healthcare system. The research is based on focus group methodology. Structured discussions were conducted with eminent experts currently in charge of ePrescription (and other eHealth solutions) development and implementation in Slovenia. Resea...rch results imply that certain application aspects are relatively easy to define and evaluate, while the overall potentials of ePrescription are difficult to determine in many cases, and relatively unexplored in terms of their implications and operational feasibility.
Ključne reči:
Slovenia / potentials / focus group / ePrescription / eHealth / applicationsIzvor:
Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created Ehealth, 2018, 247, 261-265Izdavač:
- IOS Press, Amsterdam
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-261
ISSN: 0926-9630
PubMed: 29677963
WoS: 000550786400053
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85046536082
Institucija/grupa
Fakultet organizacionih naukaTY - CONF AU - Stanimirović, Dalibor AU - Savić, Dušan PY - 2018 UR - https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1797 AB - ePrescription is one of the most successful eHealth solutions in Slovenia. Since its national roll-out in early 2016, the quality of its operations has been constantly improving, and the number of users has been growing ever since to reach today's 90% of all healthcare providers. ePrescription facilitates more transparent and safer prescribing of medications, an overview of possible medication interactions, and reduction of administrative and opportunity costs. This paper initially explores the current state of ePrescription in Slovenia and different aspects of its application. Based on the research findings, the paper finally outlines potentials of ePrescription, which could be transformed into tangible benefits with particular implications for healthcare system. The research is based on focus group methodology. Structured discussions were conducted with eminent experts currently in charge of ePrescription (and other eHealth solutions) development and implementation in Slovenia. Research results imply that certain application aspects are relatively easy to define and evaluate, while the overall potentials of ePrescription are difficult to determine in many cases, and relatively unexplored in terms of their implications and operational feasibility. PB - IOS Press, Amsterdam C3 - Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created Ehealth T1 - Two Years of ePrescription in Slovenia - Applications and Potentials EP - 265 SP - 261 VL - 247 DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-261 UR - conv_2348 ER -
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Stanimirović, D.,& Savić, D.. (2018). Two Years of ePrescription in Slovenia - Applications and Potentials. in Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created Ehealth IOS Press, Amsterdam., 247, 261-265. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-261 conv_2348
Stanimirović D, Savić D. Two Years of ePrescription in Slovenia - Applications and Potentials. in Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created Ehealth. 2018;247:261-265. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-261 conv_2348 .
Stanimirović, Dalibor, Savić, Dušan, "Two Years of ePrescription in Slovenia - Applications and Potentials" in Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created Ehealth, 247 (2018):261-265, https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-261 ., conv_2348 .