Assessment of the operation status of electronic prescription at community pharmacies in Chengdu, China: a simulated patient study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information and technologies relevant to eHealth have developed rapidly over the past two decades. Based on this, China piloted "Internet + " pattern and some regions piloted electronic prescription services to explore telepharmacy services.

Objective

To describe the processes and assess the operation status of electronic prescription services mode for community pharmacies in China.

Methods

The simulated patient methodology was used to conduct a cross-sectional study in 317 community pharmacies from six districts in Chengdu, China in 2019. Simulated patients expressed three levels of service demands based on scenario about acute upper respiratory tract infections to evaluate the recommendation strength of electronic prescription services and telepharmacy se

SUBMITTER: Zhou W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature