The Middle Path ? Here it is
Context :
Health Ministry meet explores middle-path between online pharmacies and retail chemists
( BL / 01 Sept 2023 )
Extract :
India’s Health Ministry has initiated discussions with e-pharmacies and brick & mortar retailers and chemists on the way forward.
Discussions held earlier in August saw chemists raise objections to deep discounting practices of e-pharmacies, while the Health Ministry officials were concerned about select practices of these e-pharmacies like allowing sale of medicines without proper prescriptions and so on.
Maintaining privacy of user data across these platforms is another repeated concern that had cropped up during the meeting.
The e-pharmacies were reportedly asked to present their case too. “ The CDSCO ( Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) held a stakeholder meeting earlier this month (August). Viewpoints of chemist shops and e-pharmacies and Health Ministry concerns were heard, raised, and discussed.
There is a middle path that is being looked at, a way forward where both offline and online can be accommodated with regulations coming in play,” said an official who was present.
While there are some who want a complete ban on e-pharmacies, others suggest that US-type regulations come into play, where there are digital prescriptions and these can be universally accessed, but with strict guidelines surrounding sharing of user data.
My Take :
3D - Digital Delivery of Drugs ? ……… 11 Oct 2015
Extract :
My Suggestions :
* Govt to upload a Mobile App ( DISPENSER ? ) on Health Ministry web site
* All doctors must download it , after proper registration / authentication
* App will get embedded with full details of that doctor who uses it
* Doctors to enter Patient Data in App / then enter prescribed Drug Details
* Doctor will SMS app data entered , to concerned patient's mobile
* Patient will SMS entered app data to mobile of Chemist of his choice
* Chemist will deliver the medicine to the patient with Bill Details in App
* Every action / transaction on App , will get automatically emailed to web
Servers of
# Health Ministry
# All India Medical Association
# All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists ( AIOCD )
# Drug Controller General of India
Advantages :
* Jobs / business of Chemists / Druggists saved
* Great convenience for patients / no need to visit Drug Store
* No chance of Chemist " misinterpreting " doctor's handwriting !
* Full History of
# Each Patient ( great benefit to Prescribing doctors )
# Each Drug ( great benefit to Pharma Companies )
# Each Chemist Shop ( great benefit to Govt / AIOCD / Tax Dept )
# Each Doctor ( great interest to All India Medical Association )
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.hemenparekh.ai / 01 Oct 2023
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