Addressing Challenges in Prescription Management
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چکیده
Electronic prescription management has failed to sufficiently improve physician’s knowledge of a patient’s current and previous medications. Additionally, prescription management methods have failed at encouraging patients to adhere to medications. Between medication errors resulting from incomplete medication histories and poor patient adherence to drug regimens, significant challenges remain in prescription management. In this paper, we propose a unique use of quick response (QR) codes that should improve completeness of medication history, allowing patients to more accurately treat a patient’s diagnosis. This QR code system outlines a method for patients, physicians, and pharmacists to all view the medication history and for pharmacists to accurately update the history when a patient retrieves new medication. We also outline a method for incentivizing patient adherence based on redemption codes, a method proven successful in other industries. Between this and the QR code system, physicians should also be able to access important information about a patient’s adherence consistency, allowing him or her to better understand the patient and more e ectively treat a diagnosis.
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