Regulatory framework and prospects for the implementation of the "Electronic Prescription" system in the Russian Federation
The article presents the results of a study of legal regulation of medicines in accordance with the statement on January 1, 2019 of the Federal Project Creation of the Unified Digital Circuit of Health Care on the basis of the Unified State Health Information System. The project involves pharmacy organizations, which are going to issuance prescription drugs in the form of an electronic document. The development of the Unified State Health Information System will require a lot of organizational and methodological work both on the part of the regional health authorities and pharmacy organizations. An analysis of the activities of pharmacy organizations in Saint Petersburg and the Northwestern Federal District that issuance prescription drugs made it possible to assess the level of preparedness to work in the new conditions. The developed measures necessary for pharmacies to work in the Electronic Prescription System cover infrastructural, functional and educational aspects and can be used as an appropriate action plan.