Medication safety and the usability of electronic prescribing as perceived by physicians-A semistructured interview among primary health care physicians in Finland.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: In Finland, a fully operational and nationwide electronic prescription (ePrescription) system was implemented by law in 2012 to 2015. From 2017, all prescriptions have to be electronic. ePrescriptions are intended to facilitate prescribing and to improve medication safety in Finnish health care.

The impact of electronic prescriptions on medication safety in Finnish community pharmacies: A survey of pharmacists.

Objectives: The purpose was to explore pharmacists' opinions regarding the impacts of electronic prescriptions (ePrescriptions) on medication safety in Finnish community pharmacies. Further objectives were to explore how often and what kinds of ambiguities or errors pharmacists have perceived in ePrescriptions.

Method: A survey of randomly selected dispensers (n=1004) and pharmacists (n=228) was conducted in 2014.