Sample Prescription for Pneumonia

Sample e-Prescription

Why Prescribon?

Medical prescriptions have traditionally been hand-written. In spite of advancements in medicine, sadly and surprisingly, prescriptions continue to be manually written.

Writing medical prescriptions presupposes that the individual has clear knowledge of the use of drugs - doses, use in different clinical situations, incompatibility and proper selection. All this come from years of hardwork, and dedication.

Even after having a clear idea of what to write, there remains the grave responsibility of clearly writing them for each patient.

Writing a prescription manually, entails all the disadvantages of such a task:

  • Takes time to write.
  • There is a legal requirement that the doctor should write both the Generic Name and the Brand Name which adds to the burden of the already busy doctor.
  • The instructions to the patient has to be written clearly and in detail which is a repetitive task.
  • The pharmacist, sometimes, has to put in a lot of effort to comprehend the doctors’ hastily written prescriptions.
  • Patients or their attendants have even more difficulty to understand the prescription.
  • Repeatedly writing prescriptions entails mistakes due to boredom, inattentiveness, omission, carelessness and many a time inclusion of incompatible drugs
With e-prescriptions, say good bye to such shortcomings!

Here, the information technology can help the doctor a great deal and that is what the role of e-prescription is.

The e-prescriptions are legibly printed.

Both the Generic Name and the Brand Name are printed in any combination the doctor chooses. And all this in a matter of about 2 minutes!

Most e-prescriptions are pre-prepared with age-wise dose schedules.

Define the Clinical condition, Choose the prescription and print! That's all!

e-prescriptions have never been so Easy!

Enjoy it!

Features

Prescribon has pre-prepared Treatment Schedules for the following specialities
  • Cardiology
  • Dental
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • ENT
  • General Physician
  • Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology & Neuro Surgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

Prescribon offers a comprehensive database of
  • Common Clinical Conditions
  • 5000 Drugs
  • 25000 Brands
  • Drug Interactions
  • Pre-prepared Prescriptions
  • Drug Dose Schedules for all ages






Highlights of Prescribon


  • Prescribon has pre-prepared Treatment schedules for Common Clinical Conditions.

  • Treatment schedules are divided into 20 age groups (16 of them for Pediatrics alone) for precise dosing of each drug.

  • For each clinical condition, comorbidities are associated. For example, for Pneumonia, in addition to drug for fever, antibiotic for infection (if bacterial), a supportive B Complex, a cough expectorant (for daytime use), and a cough suppressant (for bedtime) - all are required. All these come SIMULTANEOUSLY on the prescription page - at the click of a button.

  • Dosages in drops, mL, or teaspoons are pre-calculated for each drug.

  • Intravenous dosings have precise instructions for each drug: diluent, dilution, quantity, drops/minute, and duration [No time-consuming calculations and instructions to the nurse are necessary]. The residual volume of a drug solution [remaining after the IV drip is over] are pre- calculated and included in the preparation of the total volume of the IV solution.

  • Treatment Schedules for Diabetes: 1-Drug Therapy, 2-Drug Therapy, and 3-Drug Therapy are incorporated for step-wise additions.

  • Treatment Schedules for Hypertension. 1-Drug Therapy, 2-Drug Therapy, and 3-Drug Therapy are incorporated for step-wise additions for ease of prescribing. First Line, Second Line, Preferred, Acceptable, Less effective, Risky, and Contraindicated Combinations are indicated.

  • Treatment schedules for Seizures and Epilepsy for Adult and Pediatric Age Group are given. Each special type of Seizure is dealt with; Preferable and Alternative Drugs are given. Notes on Most Favoured, Favoured and UNFavoured combinations are indicated. 1-Drug, and 2-Drug Therapy [and 3-Drug Therapy for Adults] are incorporated for easy prescribing. Expert opinions on particular combinations are also included.

  • An important feature of the software is the drug-drug interaction. Any inadvertent inclusion of,
    for example, Erythromycin and any Fluoroquinolone in the same prescription will be given a pop- up message by the software indicating that the combination is to be avoided. The doctor can either go ahead with the prescription or alter it.

    Major References
    API's Text Book of Medicine.
    Cancer Therapy Advisor.
    Drug-Drug Interaction: Barranco J Am Acad Dermatol 2006 54 676 – 684.
    Drug and Brand details from online resources; Other articles and resources from the internet.
    Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
    Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart disease by Bakris GL et al.
    Nelson’s Pediatrics.
    Oxford Text Book of Medicine, John D Firth et al.
    Pediatric Prescriber by A Santhosh Kumar.
    Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2021.
    Textbook of Pediatrics by OP Ghai.

A Frequently Asked Question

All this is OK! But I am already seeing many patients a day. Diagnosing and writing prescriptions come naturally to me. I don't even consciously think about it! So, why should I opt for Prescribon?

Rightly said!

Years of hard work and training makes your brain circuitry zero-in on the correct diagnosis.

At present, no computer wizardry can replace human intelligence for Diagnosis.

But for treating ordinary clinical conditions, the repetitive work of writing a prescription can be digitized;

Furthermore, repetitive work brings in boredom and unfortunately, mistakes - sometimes dangerous mistakes!

They can creep in, even though unconsciously!

Naturally these prescriptions are disasters and are to be absolutely avoided!

Opting for e-prescription avoids all such mistakes – No matter how many times you repeat a prescription, the computer does it for you, faithfully without even a protest, as if it is for the first time!

Human mind can never work like that!

A long prescription can inadvertently include a medicine which is repeated in the same prescription. The digital prescription does not allow duplicate entries. Most prescriptions have important contraindications, warnings and details relevant to that condition.

About Us

We are a team of professionals in medicine and information technology dedicated to helping doctors in writing e-prescriptions.

We are committed to bring the fruits of the latest advancement in information technology to help doctors print e-prescriptions legibly, comprehensively, without omissions or repetitions and avoid inadvertently writing incompatible drug combinations.
team@prescribon.com