Patient-centric e-Prescription Services - An Integrated System Architecture Proposal

Nowadays, it is increasingly important to provide health services that are more comfortable to patients and avoiding some unnecessary costs, such as hospital admissions, hospitalization expenses, unnecessary waiting time to be attended and unnecessary movement of fragile patients. The success of healthcare is related to the communication between health professionals, patients and the services that support the quality of health. Many diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease) can be monitored from home, and the necessary medicines can reach the patient's home as well. This paper intends to present a proposal for a system architecture to improve the e- Prescription process by placing the patient in the center of the action, allowing to have access to the e-prescribing services and medication without moving from home.