With a view to promote generic drugs through the hospitals in the Government sector, the health ministry has suggested creation of integrated medicine management systems in the premier hospitals in the country.
The Ministry, which has already instructed the doctors at all the Central government hospitals and autonomous institutions to give names of generic equivalents while prescribing drugs, has now asked the public healthcare establishments to put in place the medicine management system to ensure the supply of generic drugs to the patients.
Following the instructions, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is planning to set up a pharmacy to distribute generic drugs to the patients. The Institute has prepared a list of commonly prescribed generic drugs prescribed by the various departments and the aspects of procuring the medicines would be finalised soon, sources said.
Under the integrated medicine management system, the doctors would prescribe the available generic drugs in the pharmacy being set up at the hospital, so that they can be distributed to the patients. This will also help the patients immensely who otherwise are being asked to purchase costlier medicines from outside shops.
According to the sources in the health ministry, the model being prepared by the AIIMS would be sent to other major premier institutes in the public sector to create a medicine management system, suitable for each hospital, based on the availability drugs.
The integrated system would cover procurement, tracking of stocks, availability and supply, apart from sending information to the doctors in the departments about the generic drugs which could be prescribed to the patients, sources explained. Sometime back, the health ministry had given instructions to the central government hospitals to give the names of generic equivalents while prescribing drugs. “It shall invariably also be mentioned that any other equivalent generic drug could also be provided. With this prescription the hospitals could have the flexibility of providing generic equivalents of the prescribed medicine,” according to the instruction by the ministry.
Source:Pharmabiz
The Ministry, which has already instructed the doctors at all the Central government hospitals and autonomous institutions to give names of generic equivalents while prescribing drugs, has now asked the public healthcare establishments to put in place the medicine management system to ensure the supply of generic drugs to the patients.
Following the instructions, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is planning to set up a pharmacy to distribute generic drugs to the patients. The Institute has prepared a list of commonly prescribed generic drugs prescribed by the various departments and the aspects of procuring the medicines would be finalised soon, sources said.
Under the integrated medicine management system, the doctors would prescribe the available generic drugs in the pharmacy being set up at the hospital, so that they can be distributed to the patients. This will also help the patients immensely who otherwise are being asked to purchase costlier medicines from outside shops.
According to the sources in the health ministry, the model being prepared by the AIIMS would be sent to other major premier institutes in the public sector to create a medicine management system, suitable for each hospital, based on the availability drugs.
The integrated system would cover procurement, tracking of stocks, availability and supply, apart from sending information to the doctors in the departments about the generic drugs which could be prescribed to the patients, sources explained. Sometime back, the health ministry had given instructions to the central government hospitals to give the names of generic equivalents while prescribing drugs. “It shall invariably also be mentioned that any other equivalent generic drug could also be provided. With this prescription the hospitals could have the flexibility of providing generic equivalents of the prescribed medicine,” according to the instruction by the ministry.
Source:Pharmabiz
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