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Article Name - Attitude Towards E-Prescription and Associated Factors among Physicians at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital 2021: Institution Based Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Keywords Attitude; Ethiopia; Gondar physician; Prescription ... 2025-12-26
  • Abbreviations BSc: Bachelors of Science; CHMS: College of Medicine and Health Science; E-prescription: Electronic Prescription; EPS: Electronic Prescription System; FMOH: Federal Ministry of Health; HER: Electronic ... 2025-12-26
  • Introduction Background of the study For hundreds of years, the written prescription has been the method of choice for physicians to communicate decisions on drug therapy and pharmacists to dispense medication, ... 2025-12-26
  • Method and Materials Study area and period The study was conducted in Gondar (University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital) physicians, from August 15/2021 to September 2021. Study design An institutio ... 2025-12-26
  • Result Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents Out of 171 study participants, 152 were involved in this study and it produces a response rate of 88.8 %. The mean age of the study participants ... 2025-12-26
  • Discussion The current study tried to assess the magnitude of e-prescription among physicians and the overall score attitudes of physicians on e-prescription from the organization in the study area was 76.8% (95 ... 2025-12-26
  • Conclusion The overall score attitudes of physicians on e-prescription from the organization in the study area was 76.8% (95% CI: 66.7-84.2). In Gondar university comprehensive and specialized hospital. variable ... 2025-12-26
  • Recommendations Recommendations were given for the responsible bodies based on the findings of the research and conclusions. The followings are the appropriate recommendations for different responsible bodies. To ... 2025-12-26
  • Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review Committee Debre Tabor University’s College of Medicine and Health Sciences (study protocol number-0158/2021). Then, officials at differen ... 2025-12-26
  • Consent to Publication Not applicable. ... 2025-12-26
  • Availability of The Data And Materials Data will be available upon request from the corresponding author. ... 2025-12-26
  • Acknowledgment We would like to thank Debre Tabor University, College of Medicine and Health Science to support this research project. The authors would also like to extend their gratitude to university of Gondar co ... 2025-12-26
  • Authors’ Contribution All authors made substantial contributions to the conception, design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data. And took part in drafting the article or revising it critically for im ... 2025-12-26
  • Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest. ... 2025-12-26
  • Funding This research didn’t receive any grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. ... 2025-12-26
  • References Steinschaden T, Petersson G, Astrand B. Physicians' attitudes towards eprescribing: A comparative web survey in Austria and Sweden. Inform Prim Care. 2009;17(4):241-248. [Crossref] [Google Sc ... 2026-01-01