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Dashboard of e-prescription adoption

Announcements

  • The data was updated on October 11, 2024.

Table of

  1. What is an electronic prescription?
  2. Dashboard
    2.1. Introduction status throughout
    2. 2. Introduction status by prefecture in
  3. What Will Be Changed by the Introduction of E-Prescriptions
    3.1. For patients
    3.2. For medical institutions and Pharmacy
  4. Points to Note

1. What is an electronic prescription?

Based on the " schedule for the medical DX promotion (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) ," Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is promoting the medical DX (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) with revision of medical fee schedule DX as the three pillars, including the creation of a national medical care information platform and the standardization of electronic medical record information.

In particular, the Electronic Prescription (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) is an important measure to realize a national medical care information platform. Electronic prescription is a mechanism in which information on drugs prescribed by doctors and dentists is transmitted to pharmacists through an electronic prescription management service, and information on drugs dispensed by pharmacists can be registered and managed.
Reference: Online qualification confirmation followed by electronic prescription! - Let's proceed now - (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Diagram showing what can be achieved with the National medical care Information Platform. Above the rectangle that says National medical care Information Platform, there are three rectangles side by side that say,

2. Dashboard

2.1 Introduction in Japan

Among clinics and pharmacies nationwide that have introduced online certification, we introduce the number of clinics and pharmacies that accept electronic prescriptions and the introduction ratio. You can also compare the introduction status of four classifications: hospital, medical medical institutions, dental medical institutions, and pharmacy.

2.2 Introduction status by prefecture

We introduce the introduction status of electronic prescriptions by prefecture. You can also check the introduction rate of electronic prescriptions in your area and the introduction status by medical institutions type.

Since Digital Agency is responsible for promoting data-based policy decisions and visualization of effects within the Government of Japan, we are cooperating with the visualization and disclosure of the status of the introduction of electronic prescriptions.

3. What will be changed by the introduction and spread of electronic prescriptions

By increasing the number of medical institutions and pharmacies that introduce electronic prescriptions, the people can receive safer and more secure medical care anytime and anywhere, and the burden of medical care at the medical institutions and pharmacies will be reduced.

3.1 For Patients

In the case of the patient, a drawing of three changes. The screen is divided into four parts, and in the upper left of the drawing, a bust shot of a person who seems to be a parent and a child is drawn. In the upper right of the drawing, under the heading of 1 Enjoyment of safe and secure medical care, two medicine capsules are connected by a plus sign, and a check mark is connected by an equal sign next to them. In the lower left of the drawing, under the heading of 2 Reduction of waiting time, an illustration of two hands is drawn. A smartphone is drawn in the left hand, and a clip boat is drawn in the right hand. In the lower right of the drawing, under the heading of 3 Confirmation of prescription history, a hand holding a smartphone with a Mynaportal style screen is drawn.

Three Changes

  1. Enjoyment of safe and secure medical care
    You can accurately check the prescription and dispensing information of patients even at the first medical institutions and pharmacy. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the prescription and dispensing of drugs with the same indication and the prescription and dispensing of drugs that are not compatible with the medicine you are taking, so you can receive a safer and more secure medical care, and it also leads to the optimization of medical care expenses & nbsp;.
  2. Reduced wait time
    Waiting times at the pharmacy are reduced when patients tell the pharmacy their electronic prescription exchange number before visiting the pharmacy.
  3. Check prescription history
    You can check the medicine you are taking at the Mynaportal, etc.

3.2 medical institutions / Pharmacy

In the case of medical institutions and Pharmacy, a diagram depicting three changes. The screen is divided into four parts, and in the upper left of the diagram, a bust shot of a person in a white coat is depicted. In the upper right of the diagram, under the heading depicted as 1 Provision of medical care Care by Patients, doctors who are explaining medicine and patients who are listening to the explanation are depicted. In the lower left of the diagram, under the heading depicted as 2 Provision of Safe and Secure medical care, two medicine capsules are connected by a plus sign, and a check mark is connected by an equal sign next to them. In the lower right of the diagram, under the heading of 3 Reduction of Work Load, a paper document with a large diagonal line is depicted.
Reference: Electronic Prescription (for Citizens) (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Three Changes

  1. The provision of medical care to accompany patients
    Based on the latest patient information, we can provide medical examination, prescription, dispensing, and drug administration guidance that are closer to the patient.
  2. Provision of safe and secure medical care
    Medical institutions security is improved by sharing prescription and dispensing information across medical care and pharmacy, and checking duplicate medications and contraindicated drugs for combined use.
  3. Reduction of workload
    It reduces the workload of medical care operators, such as entering dispensing information and storing paper prescriptions.

4. Points to be noted

Data

Data Definition

Update Data

We plan to update the various numbers in the dashboard regularly.

True or false information

Please refer to the True or False: Dashboard on E-Prescription Adoption for the true or false information on this dashboard.

Comments and Requests

Electronic Prescription Service Promotion Office, General Affairs Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau
Tel: 03 5253 1111

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any questions, please check the Q & amp; A () for citizens of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Electronic Prescription.