title: Procurement of prescriber support systems.
abstract: Supporting the process of medication selection and electronic management of prescriptions is a high priority issue in the eHealth strategies of many countries today. Procuring such systems can be quite difficult, especially if one should encourage suppliers from different countries to participate. The new ISO Technical Report 22,790 provides a new approach to facilitate this process by giving an international basis for specifying the functional characteristics desired. The paper describes the content of the report and discusses the procurement process in the light of the European public procurement directive and patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Sentensia Q, AB, Stockholm, Sweden. karin.kajbjer@telia.com
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajbjer
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005060:Europe; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration