Question

Who is ultimately responsible for shared prescribing decisions and why?

What issues do doctors face when prescribing medication for patients they have not seen in person?

Answer 1

Patient -centered professionalism important part of the effective collaborative working and communication among professional..patient having right to access their service and care they receive and treatment..Best effective treatment will be based on the best available evidence..When you responsible for the prescription medicine you sign and supply and instruct patient to follow the medicines rules..You must be well prepared to explain and justify your decisions and action when prescribing,administering and managing medicines..Good medical practice,knowledge and skills in pharmacology and therapeutic medicines management should be relevant to your role and prescribing practice..you must  have adequate knowledge of the patient health then only you can prescribe the medicine..Because it can avoid particular dangers associated with drug misuse,addiction and misconduct..
If you share responsibility for the patient care with your colleague,share about clinical responsibility about the medicines that prescribed for the patient,,make sure clinical monitoring with patient and health care professional involved in that..Keep up to date with proper guidance and management about patient condition..If specialist responsible for shared prescription he may advise the patient general practitioner with medicine to prescribe the followup..
If physician prescribing medicine via telephone,video-link or online make sure you must make adequate assessment, obtain patient consent..you should not prescribe in the unlawful administering by or unlicensed medicine to the public by prescribing by websites..This unlicensed and unlawful prescription will not cure the patient symptoms and the dosage would not meet the patient's need.it make adverse drug effects and lot of risk arises from the medicines..