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Government is pushing ePrescribing pretty hard. It will happen some time after ePrescribing is universal. Some politician will wake up one day and say to them
by Radix 17y ago
Government is pushing ePrescribing pretty hard. It will happen some time after ePrescribing is universal. Some politician will wake up one day and say to themself, "Why we already have the ability to track this real time. We just need to force all e-prescribing systems to register whenever someone buys whatever-needs-monitoring."
- smhinsey 17y agohow does that help with OTC drugs, or do you mean that this will push those to require prescriptions too?
- asciilifeform 17y agoMy guess is that pharmacies will simply be barred from accepting cash. The credit card processors are already set up for bureaucrats to monitor at their leisure.
- Radix 17y agoIf they already have the system in place to track drugs prescribed by providers then it will be easier to require the pharmacys to tie your purchase to you on your OTC purchases. The pharmacys will already have the software and hardware in place. All it will take is a law to require all of the software vendors to comply.