(ANSA) - Rome, February 29 - Italian national health service
users will no longer see their family doctors filling out
traditional red prescription slips, because that part of the
service is going digital beginning on Tuesday, March 1.
Starting tomorrow, family doctors will prescribe
medication, tests and visits to specialists by accessing an
online network, which is also visible to pharmacists, labs and
clinics.
However, doctors will still be handing out written
versions, in case of a failed Internet connection or system
malfunctions at the pharmacy.
"We're ready, but we can't rule out the possibility of some
inconveniences," said FIMMG family doctors union chief Giacomo
Milillo.
The law that eliminated written prescriptions went into
effect in December 2015.
Italy natl health prescriptions set to go digital
'Can't rule out inconveniences' says doctors union chief