UNE-EN ISO 17523:2025

The scope of this document is constrained to the content of the electronic prescription (3.7) itself, the digitaldocument which is issued by a prescribing (3.6) healthcare professional and received by a dispensing (3.2)healthcare professional. The prescribed medicinal product (3.8) is to be dispensed through an authorizedhealthcare professional with the aim of being administered to a human patient.This document specifies the requirements that apply to electronic prescriptions. It describes genericprinciples that are considered important for all electronic prescriptions.This document is applicable to electronic prescriptions of medicinal products for human use. Although otherkinds of products (e.g. medical devices, wound care products) can be ordered by means of an electronicprescription (3.7), the requirements in this document are aimed at medicinal products that have a marketauthorization (3.11) and at pharmaceutical preparations which are compounded in a pharmacy. An electronicprescription (3.7) is an information object that authorizes a healthcare professional to legally dispense amedicinal product (3.8) as specified in the prescription (3.7).The word prescription (3.7) is used in different context depending on the language and country. In certainlanguages it only refers to a community setting, while the prescribing (3.6) in institutional setting is calleddifferently, such as medication order. In other languages the same word is used for the community as wellas the institutional setting. In general the content still should abide to (International) Medicinal acts, thatdo not distinguish any setting. This document does not limit the scope to any setting and leaves it to theNational bodies to decide on this matter.This document specifies a list of data elements that can be considered as essential for electronic prescriptions,depending on jurisdiction or clinical setting (primary healthcare, hospital, etc.). Ensuring the authenticity ofthese data elements is in scope and will have impact on the requirements of information systems.