Research Methodology and Writing: Electronic Prescribing Report

This report provides a comprehensive literature review on electronic prescribing, exploring its role in enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of prescription procedures, particularly in mobile care settings. It examines the benefits of e-prescribing, such as reducing medication errors, improving patient adherence, and streamlining clinical workflows. The report delves into the different levels of e-prescription systems, factors affecting their implementation, and the perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding the facilitators and barriers. It analyzes various studies on the economic impact, the impact on pediatric systems, and the importance of interoperability and system reliability. The report highlights the significance of e-prescribing in modern healthcare, emphasizing its potential to improve patient safety and the overall quality of care, and it concludes with recommendations for future research and implementation strategies.

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Literature Review
According to Porterfield et al. (2014), the role of electronic prescribing is to enhance the
proficiency of the prescribing procedures especially in a mobile care setting. The investigation
offers the knowledge that computerized method for sending and getting prescriptions avoids
therapeutic mistakes, enhances consistency with the system, increases tolerant fulfillment levels
and streamlines the clinical practice work process.
Electronic Prescribing
Prescription of drugs electronically is realism far past the simply use of PCs to write and
store orders (Gagnon et al., 2014). In fact, e-prescription is an expansive term that implies
utilizing the PC gadgets to enter, alter, survey and create or transmit medicine prescriptions that
prepare two-way broadcasts between the care point and the dispenser.
Review of Methods,
The literature evaluating the advantages of e-prescribing in mobile care context
demonstrated that e-prescribing upgrades and tolerate the wellbeing, builds the proficiency of the
endorsing procedure, saves cost and increase patient's adherence to solution regimens. Besides,
there are likewise potential outcomes of system related mistakes and protection and lawful
matters, which may influence the prescribing process. Regardless of the difficulties, the positive
ramifications of the system are enormous, and problems identified with cost can be addressed.
For example, cost investment funds should be used possibly by enhancing the proficiency of the

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system and decreasing antagonistic medication events (Lander et al., 2013). Furthermore, main
constraint of this investigation can be its search approach and inclinations in database seek.
Levels of Electronic Prescription
There are benefits related to the system in all the mentioned levels. However, higher level
systems of complexity offer better opportunities for quality improvement, error reduction, and
improvement of workflow efficiency. Advantages are also seen in the lower levels e-prescription
systems. Larger amounts and benefits are accessible through more related data of the patient and
the information assets in the solution chain and healthier relationship among partners engaged
with the medication administration procedure. Electronic Prescription can originate from mid-
levels in light of existing assets and necessities. At that point, the level can be upgraded by
including more capacities and highlights. The last goal is to achieve the largest amounts under
the most favourable circumstances (Bell et al., 2007)

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Factors Affecting Electronic Prescribing,
Another examination gave knowledge into the obstructions and facilitators to actualize
the electronic prescribing system in healing centers. The efficient audit was done to distinguish
the client gathering's impression of impediments and facilitators to executing the system
(Gagnon et al., 2014). The research findings demonstrated that the common concern of
customers is identified with a plan and specialized issues, interoperability of the gadget, the
pertinence of the framework to practice, assets and profitability of the framework. The Same
factor was observed to be a margin issue by various venture circumstances. For example, clients
saw interoperability more as a hindrance rather than facilitators.
Benefits of Electronic Prescribing
The decisive factor of electronic endorsing was that most extreme clients respected
electronic prescribing to assume a noteworthy part inefficiency. It enhanced the eminence and
proficiency of care by highlights such as the full openness of the patient's restorative past
(Gagnon et al., 2014). The open door for doctors is sending remedies electronically and drug
stores refilling or reestablishing the solution medicines. This exploration contemplates a valuable
bit of proof that backings central leadership while arranging the usage of the framework in a
human services setting. This examination was finalized with clients of the system, and future
investigations should also join different clients such as patients, merchants, and chiefs to
comprehend the facilitators and obstructions to the system.

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Electronic Prescribing in Administration
The studies by Hogan-Murphy et al., (2015) pointed the measurement of e-prescribing in
the range of organization of drug in a doctor's facility context. The issue cited by Gagnon et al.,
(2014) was additionally given in this examination as the social insurance experts saw e-
prescribing to upgrade quiet wellbeing by approaching patient's medication histories. Another
new finding from the investigation was that consistent quality of the hardware and administration
decided the effective execution of the framework in a human services setting. It likewise gave a
sign concerning different hindrances in performance such equipment issues; works on
influencing the utilization of the framework and remote requesting as a hazard for the blunder.
The capability of mistake was likewise found to improve because of the debilitated relational
correspondence process between therapeutic services staff and patient.
Further research in the field might fortify the framework and diminish medicine cost. An
examination on the impacts of electronic prescribing in the pediatric system demonstrated that
recommending procedure winds up plainly in the pediatric setting because of measurements
estimations and controls. The ethnographic research strategy proposed that for efficiently
executing electronic endorsing, human services suppliers must consider about hierarchical
structure, staff point of view identified with setting up training, process, and effect of the system
on mind arrangement (Farre and Cummins, 2016).
Since we didn't distinguish any literature unbiasedly revealing the present learning on
electronic prescription systems, this account writing audit is expected to connect many
investigations on various subjects concerning theme territories for motivations behind

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interconnection. The exploration might be useful to an assortment of potential partners, including
social insurance suppliers, drug specialist, wellbeing data technologist and wellbeing
policymakers.
Prescription of medicine is a vital and essential process in present-day health care, and
usage of electronic order systems gives various functionalities to more powerful and efficient
prescription (Shamliyan et al., 2008). As we didn't recognize literature empirically detailing the
present learning on electronic prescription systems, this literature review is expected to link
together numerous studies on various subjects which might be useful to an assortment of
potential partners, including health caregivers, drug specialists, the wellbeing of information
technologist and health strategy makers.

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Reference
Ahmed, Z., Barber, N., Jani, Y., Garfield, S., & Franklin, B. D. (2016). The Economic impact of
electronic prescribing in the hospital setting: A systematic review. International journal
of medical informatics, 88, 1-7.
Bell, D. S., Marken, R. S., Meili, R. C., Wang, C. J., Rosen, M., Brook, R. H., & RAND
Electronic Prescribing Expert Advisory Panel. (January 01, 2007). Recommendations for
comparing electronic prescribing systems: results of an expert consensus process. Health
Affairs (project Hope), 2007.
Farre, A., & Cummins, C. (2016). Understanding and evaluating the effects of implementing an
electronic paediatric prescribing system on care provision and hospital work in paediatric
hospital ward settings: a qualitatively driven mixed-method study protocol. BMJ
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Gagnon, M. P., Nsangou, É. R., Payne-Gagnon, J., Grenier, S., & Sicotte, C. (2014). Barriers and
facilitators to implementing electronic prescription: a systematic review of user groups'
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Hogan-Murphy, D., Tonna, A., Strath, A., & Cunningham, S. (2015). Healthcare professionals’
perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic systems for the
prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines in hospitals: a systematic
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Lander, L., Klepser, D. G., Cochran, G. L., Lomelin, D. E., & Morien, M. (2013). Barriers to
electronic prescribing: Nebraska pharmacists’ perspective. The Journal of Rural
Health, 29(1), 119-124.

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Porterfield, A., Engelbert, K., & Coustasse, A. (2014). Electronic prescribing: improving the
efficiency and accuracy of prescribing in the ambulatory care setting. Perspectives in
health information management, 11(Spring).
Shamliyan, T. A., Duval, S., Du, J., & Kane, R. L. (February 01, 2008). Just What the Doctor
Ordered. Review of the Evidence of the Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry
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