20 March 2020 – Electronic prescriptions allowed to reduce spread of Covid-19

This item is sourced from the CCCSL: CSH Covid-19 Control Strategies List co-ordinated by the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria. We are in the process of gathering further information and aligning taxonomies for these items.

Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; Regulatory change
Level of Jurisdiction: National

Overview: At the time of the generation of the electronic prescription by the prescribing doctor – reads the ordinance – the client can ask the doctor to issue the dematerialized reminder or the acquisition of the Electronic Recipe Number through: transmission of the memo attached to an e-mail message, communication of the Electronic Recipe Number with SMS or with a mobile phone application, telephone communication by the prescriber of the Electronic Recipe Number
Full details here: http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_1_1_1.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=4278