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E-prescribing allows a physician or other medical expert to create a medical prescription for a patient electronically. The attending physician will then share this digital prescription with the patients or send it directly to a pharmacy.

Phase: Treatment and discharge

Archatype: Bernadette
75 years old; has coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes.
Lives with husband, who has limited mobility; struggles to secure healthy nutrition.
Current state
Admitted to hospital with a heart attack.
Discharged to a skilled nursing facility because of concerns about staying safe and engaged at home.
treatment
Potential future state
Once recovered from a heart attack, evaluated by a physician; sent home with an assigned nurse and care manager.
Set up with remote patient monitoring.
Has daily telehealth visits with a physician coupled with in-person care from a nurse .
Care at Home interventions
Remote patient monitoring.
Hospital at-home program.

* Content From Mckinsey & Company

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