Affiliations: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Scuola di specializzazione in Studi sull'Amministrazione Pubblica, Bologna, Italy
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Corresponding author: Carlo Bottari, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Scuola di specializzazione in Studi sull'Amministrazione Pubblica (S.P.I.S.A.), Via Belmeloro n. 10, 40126 Bologna, Italy. E-mail:carlo.bottari@unibo.it
Abstract: From the beginning of the decade of 2000, the need to
simplify the collection and transfer of ``health information'', along with
the need to strictly control health prescriptions and medicinal products
dispensed for SSN (Italian National Health System) users, marked the start
of the computerisation of medical prescriptions and electronic circulation
of drugs prescriptions. The purpose of this work is to reconstruct the
domestic regulation according to the European principles, identifying the
main strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the medical and
pharmaceutical care for users and the streamlining of costs. Finally, the
national electronic prescription and its connection with electronic health
registers will be analysed.
Keywords: Pharmaceutical care, electronic prescription, pharmaceutical costs, computerized medical prescriptions, electronic clinical history, national health service
