2024-04-01 21:31:09
Armenia faction MP Armenuhi Kyureghyan’s reference to the decision to sell drugs with electronic prescriptions.
“… No one disputes that this decision had the right to be implemented in accordance with the challenges of the rapid digital transformation in the world. No one disputes that the use of antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral drugs, etc., in self-medication is extremely dangerous and inadmissible.
But in order to fight against this phenomenon, there was already a mandatory requirement to sell them only with prescriptions.
What do we have as a result? With today’s grossly inadequate list of registered drugs, do we not have the sale of unregistered drugs on the black market, has the requirement of paper prescriptions in any way contributed to lowering the prices of drugs or making the work of doctors easier? And maybe we don’t have such a result because the appropriate control is not carried out by the inspection body, as we don’t have visible results in the fight against smoking, as we don’t have in using less salt?
Before making any decision, you should first analyze if you are able to implement it.
And in this case, there are many questions, the answers to which, if not unambiguous, are at least more negative.
Has it been verified in advance whether all pharmacies are connected to the Armed system? if so, why were 600 requests to join the system registered in just one day after the decision was implemented?
Has it been ascertained whether all of the doctors who write such prescriptions are connected to the system, or whether all of these doctors are provided with computers at their workplaces, moreover, do all of them know how to work with computers and at sufficient speed?
Have these questions been studied especially among regional and rural pharmacies and doctors?
Has it been studied how long it will take a doctor with sufficient computer skills to write one electronic prescription, especially if we remember that the filling point for each prescription includes about 40 questions?
Has the effectiveness of his work as a doctor been evaluated as a result of such workload and fatigue?
If so, how will this estimate affect the salary of doctors, will it increase, or in our life that is becoming more expensive day by day, a little more, a little less salary does not matter, because the important thing is to have power and their high salaries. and bonuses.
Has it been assessed what risks may arise in terms of increasing the prices of drugs on the black market?
Has it been estimated how much time the patient will spend waiting in line to get a prescription? As long as you don’t say that they can pre-order online, you know better than I do that most of our patients do not have such an opportunity and skill.
In other words, what do we have? another decision, as a result of which the volume of the doctor’s work will increase, and without the corresponding additional payment,
The patient’s waiting time to get a prescription will increase.
Without these prescriptions in pharmacies, the black market will expand and, therefore, the prices of drugs will also increase.
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