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E-Prescription Adoption Dashboard

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  • The data was updated on August 8, 2025.

Table of

  1. What is an electronic prescription?
  2. Dashboard
    2.1. Status of introduction throughout
    2. 2. : Status of introduction by prefecture
  3. What will change with the introduction of e-prescribing
    3.1. patients
    3.2. medical institutions and pharmacies
  4. Points to consider

1. What is electronic prescription?

Based on the " Medical Digital Transformation Promotion Roadmap (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) ", Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is promoting the Medical Digital Transformation (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) with DX of the process of Medical Fees Revisions as the three pillars, including the establishment of a national medical information platform and the standardization of electronic medical chart information.

In particular, the Electronic Prescription (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) is an important measure for realizing a national medical information platform. Electronic prescriptions are a system in which information on drugs prescribed by doctors and dentists is transmitted to pharmacists through an electronic prescription management service, and pharmacists can also register and manage information on drugs dispensed.
Reference: Online Next to Eligibility Check is Electronic Prescription! - Let's Proceed Now - (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Graphic showing what can be achieved with the National Health Information Platform. On top of the rectangle labeled National Health Information Platform, there are three rectangles next to each other labeled Introduce Online Eligibility Verification, Introduce Electronic Prescription, and Electronic Health Record Information Sharing Service.

2. Dashboard

2.1 Introduction Status in Japan

This report shows the number of medical institutions and pharmacies that have introduced online credential verification nationwide that accept e-prescriptions and the adoption rate. It also compares the adoption of four categories of medical institutions and pharmacies: hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, and pharmacies.

2.2 Status of introduction by prefecture

Learn about e-prescription adoption by state. You can also see the e-prescription adoption rate in your area and adoption by provider type.

Digital Agency is responsible for promoting the visualization of policy decisions and effects based on data and evidence within the Government of Japan, so we are cooperating in the visualization and disclosure of the status of the introduction of e-prescriptions.

3. Changes due to the introduction and spread of electronic prescriptions

By increasing the number of medical institutions and pharmacies introducing electronic prescriptions, the public will be able to receive safer and more secure medical care anytime and anywhere, and the burden of medical care at medical institutions and pharmacies will be reduced.

In the case of 3.1 patients

A drawing of three things that change in patients. In the upper left corner of the drawing is a bust shot of what appears to be a father and son. In the upper right corner of the drawing, under the heading 1: Safe and Secure Healthcare, are two medicine capsules joined by an equal sign and a check mark next to them. In the lower left corner of the drawing, under the heading 2: Reduced Wait Time, is an illustration of two hands, a smartphone in the left hand and a clip boat in the right hand. In the lower right corner of the drawing, under the heading 3: Review Prescription History, is a hand holding a smartphone with a Mynaportal looking screen.

Three things that change

  1. Access to safe and secure healthcare
    Even if it is your first time at a medical institution or pharmacy, you can check the patient's prescription and dispensing information accurately. This prevents duplicate prescriptions and dispensing of drugs with the same efficacy and effects, and prescriptions and dispensing of drugs that do not match well with the drugs you are taking, so you can receive safer and more secure medical care and lead to more appropriate medical expenses.
  2. Reduce wait time
    Reduce wait times at pharmacies by having patients give the pharmacy their electronic prescription redemption number before visiting the pharmacy.
  3. Confirmation of prescription history
    You can check the medicine you are taking at the Mynaportal.

3.2 Medical Institutions and Pharmacies

In the case of a pharmacy, a drawing of three changing things. In the upper left corner of the drawing is a bust shot of a person wearing a white coat. In the upper right corner of the drawing is a doctor explaining a drug and a patient listening to the explanation, under the heading
Reference: electronic prescription (for the public) (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Three things that change

  1. Provision of Medical Care by Attending to Patients
    Based on the latest patient information, we can provide medical examination, prescription, dispensing, and medication guidance that are closer to patients.
  2. Providing safe and secure medical care
    The sharing of prescription and dispensing information across medical institutions and pharmacies, as well as checks for duplicate medications and contraindicated concomitant medications, will improve the safety of medical care.
  3. Reduction of work load
    It reduces the work burden on medical professionals, such as entering dispensing information and storing paper prescriptions.

4. Important Points

Data:

Defining Data

Refresh Data

We plan to update the various dashboard numbers on a regular basis.

True or false information

For true or false information about the date in this dashboard, see True or False: Dashboard on the status of e-prescription adoption.

Opinions and Requests

Electronic Prescription Service Promotion Office, General Affairs Division, Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Phone: 03 5253 1111

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any questions, please check the Q & amp; A () for citizens of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Electronic Prescriptions.