User cases of cross-border prescriptions for pharmacy systems

The page describes the key use cases of cross-border prescriptions in pharmacy systems. Valid and outdated versions have been compiled in the table.

The use cases presented in the document cover a scenario in which the customer uses an electronic prescription prepared in another EU country to purchase medicines in Finland. The Finnish pharmacy retrieves the customer's deliverable prescriptions from the national contact point (NCPeH) by using country-specific identification data. After having delivered the medicine, the pharmacy returns the delivery information to the foreign prescription centre or similar service through the national contact point.

The content of the described use cases corresponds to the valid use cases of pharmacy systems, but the steps related to cross-border prescriptions, including the processing rules, requirements and additional information, have been added in green.

More detailed information about the specifications are available on the Finnish-language page.

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