Sometimes it happens that you need the usual drugs and do not have a doctor’s prescription with you to buy them at the pharmacy. Therefore, we cannot get them. But on January 31, an important innovation has taken place that allows us to overcome this annoying problem. Here is the remedy suggested by the Projections of Bag Health Experts.
Recipe for medicine, what to do if we forget it at home
On January 31, the electronic medical prescription came into force, a document that can only be filled in by doctors employed by public facilities or by doctors affiliated with the NHS. It has as its object the prescription a drug, a diagnostic test or a specialist visit with payment to be paid by the National Health Service (SSN).
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The doctor can compile one or the other version
The doctor can decide: whether to continue writing his prescription for the patient by hand. Or whether to opt for the new electronic prescription. In both, the professional code, the patient’s data, the prescription (of a drug, a specialist visit, for example from the dermatologist or an exam) and any exemptions. Once completed on screen, the doctor prints a reminder for the patient.
Why the electronic prescription is better
If we have received a reminder of an electronic prescription, we can photograph it with the phone and always have it ready with us. And show it to the pharmacist when we show up to buy the medicine.
But even if we didn’t take the picture and we didn’t have a memo, the pharmacist will give us the medicine from now on. Because the original electronic prescription can be viewed from the pharmacy computer. The customer only needs to prove his identity, say his doctor’s name, the name of the drug he needs and show his health card.
With this data, the pharmacist can trace the electronic prescription and sell it to us without problems. To take advantage of this convenience, we can ask the doctor to replace the paper prescription with an electronic one.
Electronic prescriptions for visits and diagnostics
Be careful not to confuse the letters of the alphabet on electronic recipes. If the electronic prescription shows the letter “B” (priority) it offers a validity of fifteen days. If we let them expire, its validity becomes “D”: thirty days of validity for visits and sixty days for diagnostics. If we let the thirty days to book expire when you have the letter “D” the validity becomes “P” and you can see everything slip up to 180 days.
So, about the prescription for medicines, we have seen what to do if we forget it at home.
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