What you describe here has been happening in Singapore public sector for quite some time. Most patients in a hospital will fill their prescriptions in the hospi

What you describe here has been happening in Singapore public sector for quite some time. Most patients in a hospital will fill their prescriptions in the hospital pharmacy anyway to enjoy subsidies. Some patients still prefer to have some kind of paper with them, so the doctor will actually print out the prescription but the pharmacy will still process it from the system anyway. When the pharmacy is not busy, we will also pre-process pending (and short) prescriptions from the system and the patient would not need to wait that long for the medicines. It's also a boon for the pharmacy operations because they can smooth out workload throughout the day by pre-processing prescriptions before the peak hours.