Figure 2
From: Physicians' attitudes towards ePrescribing – evaluation of a Swedish full-scale implementation
Flowchart describing how ePrescriptions in Sweden are transmitted, stored and dispensed. The patient contacts the prescriber because of a medical need. The prescriber transmits an ePrescription to the online prescription repository. The patient may then request the ePrescription by contacting a pharmacist at any pharmacy in Sweden or a pharmacist at a mail-order pharmacy. When dispensing, the pharmacist collects information about the requested ePrescription from the online prescription repository and may also store dispensing information. Patients can reach the online prescription repository directly, through the Internet, and get information about his/her ePrescriptions.