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The feasibility of QR-code prescription in Taiwan
What is known and Objective: An ideal Health Care Service is
a service system that focuses on patients. Patients in Taiwan
have the freedom to fill their prescriptions at any pharmacies
contracted with National Health Insurance. Each of these
pharmacies uses its own computer system. So far, there are at
least ten different systems on the market in Taiwan. To transmit
the prescription information from the hospital to the pharmacy
accurately and efficiently presents a great issue.
Methods: This study consisted of two-dimensional applications
using a QR-code to capture Patient’s identification and
prescription information from the hospitals as well as using a
webcam to read the QR-code and transfer all data to the pharmacy
computer system. Two hospitals and 85 community
pharmacies participated in the study.
Results and Discussion: During the trial, all participant pharmacies
appraised highly of the accurate transmission of the
prescription information. The contents in QR-code prescriptions
from Taipei area were picked up efficiently and accurately
in pharmacies at Taichung area (middle Taiwan)
without software system limit and area limitation. The QRcode
device received a patent (No. M376844, March 2010) from
Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Economic Affair,
China.
What is new and Conclusion: Our trial has proven that
QR-code prescription can provide community pharmacists an
efficient, accurate and inexpensive device to digitalize the
prescription contents. Consequently, pharmacists can offer
better quality of pharmacy service to patients