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Data Definition: E-Prescription Adoption Dashboard

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Table of Contents

  • 1. in general
    • Aggregation period (monthly)
  • 2. Status of utilization of e-Prescriptions
    • Adoption rate of electronic prescriptions
    • Number of prescription information registrations ️
    • Number of electronic prescription registrations
    • Number of registered paper prescriptions with exchange numbers
    • Registration rate of dispensing results
    • Number of registered dispensing results
    • Number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies
    • Number of checks for double dosing, etc.
    • Number of duplicate medication alerts
    • Number of Contraindications for Concomitant Use Alerts

1. General

The data used for the dashboard was collected in Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare with the cooperation of relevant organizations. The definition of the data is as follows.

Aggregation period (monthly)

Number of Facilities Using Online Qualification Verification System

As a monthly unit, we accumulate the situation of the last Sunday of each month.

Number of institutions introducing electronic prescriptions

As a monthly unit, we accumulate the situation of the last Sunday of each month.

2. Progress on the use of electronic prescriptions

Adoption rate of electronic prescriptions

  • Calculated by dividing the number of facilities with electronic prescriptions by the number of facilities with online qualification confirmation systems.

Number of prescription information registrations ️

  • It is a value calculated by "the number of electronic prescription registrations" + "the number of paper prescription registrations with exchange numbers".

Number of electronic prescription registrations

  • The total number of dispensing results registered as "electronic" in the electronic prescription management service by pharmacies that have adopted the electronic prescription system for the month.
  • *Number of electronic prescriptions issued by medical institutions that are received and dispensed at pharmacies, with dispensing results registered as "electronic"

Number of registered paper prescriptions with exchange numbers

  • Total number of paper prescriptions registered for the electronic prescription management service by medical institutions that have adopted the electronic prescription system in a given month ("paper prescription with exchange number" is a paper prescription issued by a medical institution that has adopted the electronic prescription system. A 6-digit exchange number is printed on each prescription so that pharmacies can receive prescription information via the electronic prescription management service).

Registration rate of dispensing results

  • The value is calculated by dividing the number of registered dispensing results by the number of prescriptions issued.
  • The most recent value is an estimate. The estimated value is indicated by a dotted line in the graph. The estimated value may exceed 100% in some prefectures. However, in the dashboard, the upper limit is listed as 100%.

Number of registered dispensing results

  • The total number of dispensing results registered in the electronic prescription management service by pharmacies that have adopted the electronic prescription system for the month.

Number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies

  • The number of prescriptions received is calculated based on information provided on dispensing fee statements processed by the computerized receipt processing system.
  • The latest figures are based on the number of prescriptions estimated using the year-on-year change in the number of prescriptions based on health insurance receipts six months ago, as the number of prescriptions based on health insurance receipts is not available.

Number of checks for double dosing, etc.

  • The cumulative value of checks performed by medical institutions and pharmacies using information registered in the electronic prescription management service to determine whether there are duplicates of prescribed / dispensed drugs and whether there are contraindications for concomitant use.

Number of duplicate medication alerts

  • The number of occurrences in which the electronic prescription management service issued an alert when it was determined that there was a duplication of a drug with the same route of administration and the same ingredient in a check for duplicate medications, etc.

Number of Contraindications for Concomitant Use Alerts

  • The number of times an alert was generated during a check of duplicate medications, etc. in the electronic prescription management service, when a combination of drugs was detected that could not achieve the appropriate therapeutic effect or caused serious health damage when taken together.