Comparison of Electronic Prescription Systems in the European Union: Benchmarking Development, Use, and Future Trends

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21460%2F25%3A00381928" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21460/25:00381928 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2025.3531317" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2025.3531317</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2025.3531317" target="_blank" >10.1109/JBHI.2025.3531317</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of Electronic Prescription Systems in the European Union: Benchmarking Development, Use, and Future Trends

Original language description

While Electronic Prescription Systems (EPS) adoption varies across EU Member States, there's a lack of comprehensive comparative analysis. Existing studies focus on single EPSs, employ diverse methodologies, and lack up-to-date data. This study fills this gap by providing a comprehensive overview of EPS development, functionalities, and usage statistics in each EU Member State. Most EU Member States widely adopted EPS by 2022, with exceptions including Germany, France, and Luxembourg, where pilot projects or just plans existed at that time. Out of the 27 EPSs, 25 employ a similar design featuring a central server and end-user software or web-based applications. Among these, 22 are structured as single national systems. The fundamental technical solution is remarkably similar across the EU. Despite these similarities, functionalities, authentication methods, prescription validity, and medication coverage differ significantly among EPSs. A multinational team, including co-authors from each EU Member State, collected data using a structured questionnaire. The study underscores the need for standardized methodologies in EPS research and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive comparative analysis to inform healthcare policies and digitalization efforts.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

ISSN

2168-2194

e-ISSN

2168-2208

Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

3712-3722

UT code for WoS article

001484010400007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85218749388