E-prescription: Germany remains EU lagga • Table.Briefings

For electronic prescriptions to become a reality, industry, physicians, pharmacists, health insurers, and insured persons must all pull together. Whether they are willing to do so, however, is questionable. Many EU countries have already made much more progress with electronic prescriptions.

There is a website promoting the benefits of digital prescription. An app is also available for download and has already been downloaded tens of thousands of times. The e-prescription was to be one of the first mandatory applications in the digital healthcare system. But the Germany-wide mandatory launch failed to attract media attention a few weeks ago.

E-prescription: Germany remains EU laggard

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