المملكة: 120 days…a deadline to link health authorities to the “Pharmaceutical Dictionary”
The Saudi Health Council stressed the importance of adopting this system to ensure the accuracy and acceleration of the process of exchanging drug information between various health institutions, including hospitals, health centers and pharmacies.
It is also expected that this system will contribute to enhancing the security and safety of pharmaceutical information, facilitate the process of tracking medicines and prevent the circulation of counterfeit and adulterated ones.
The Federation of Saudi Chambers called on all health authorities to cooperate and coordinate with the Saudi Health Council to complete the process of linking to the “Pharmaceutical Dictionary” system on time, stressing the importance of this system in raising the level of health services in the Kingdom.
Effects of the pharmacological dictionary
The Saudi Health Council identified 11 effects of the pharmaceutical dictionary on the health system. Pointing out that these effects include: facilitating the exchange of data related to medicines between the relevant authorities, harmonizing the authorities to support decision-making, facilitating the identification of medicines, and increasing the efficiency of spending by organizing the processes of repeat dispensing of medicines.
In addition to facilitating the transition and continuity of health care, enhancing patient safety and drug safety, supporting the level of readiness in the infrastructure, and simplifying operations related to medicines.
The impact of the pharmaceutical dictionary on the health system also includes: supporting scientific research in the field of medicines, enabling health sector services while maintaining legislative and regulatory procedures for registering, supplying, prescribing and dispensing medicines, and enhancing drug security.
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