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Technical and Semantic Interoperability towards European e-Prescriptions in Croatian Pharmacies

European e-health initiatives tend to improve patient safety by reducing the frequency of medical errors and by providing quick access to medical documentation. In emergency situations these information may even represent life-saving information and reduce the repetition of diagnostic procedures. Providing this kind of services in the cross-border settings poses an even greater challenge. This paper presents a brief experience report on Croatia’s joining the epSOS project in the beginning of 2013 and working on implementation, interoperability testing and preparations of the e-Prescription pilot service acting as a country of foreign patient’s treatment. Already implemented national e-health projects and strategic decisions put in action have made this project’s efforts valuable, along with the international support of developing the open source solution OpenNCP for establishing the epSOS National Contact Point.

european patients; smart open services; e-health; e-prescriptions; medication dispensation

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