Over 600 Bulgarians Donate Blood in a Day for Kocani Tragedy Victims
In a display of solidarity, over 600 people in Bulgaria donated blood in a single day on Tuesday to assist victims of the tragic incident in Kocani
Bulgaria to Introduce Real-Time Monitoring of E-Prescriptions from April 2025
- Tweet
Send to Kindle
Steve Buissinne from Pixabay
Real-Time Monitoring of Electronic Prescriptions to Be Introduced by Bulgaria’s National Health Insurance Fund from April 1, 2025
Starting April 1, 2025, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will implement real-time monitoring of the issuance and fulfillment of electronic prescriptions.
This new control system aims to enhance the quality of patient care, particularly for those receiving reimbursed therapy from the NHIF. The updated regulations will allow the Health Fund to exercise preventive oversight, ensuring more efficient public resource allocation.
Outpatient care providers and pharmacies will receive real-time verification of electronic prescriptions. For this preliminary control to assist general practitioners in prescribing medications based on pharmacy stock availability, full software integration with the Specialized Electronic System for Tracking and Analyzing Medicinal Products (SESMP) is required.
The current medication verification process will remain unchanged.
The introduction of real-time monitoring is the result of agreements between the NHIF, the Bulgarian Medical Association, the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, the Ministry of Health, and Information Services AD.
Marketing Authorization Holders for medicinal products are required to submit product code data via SESMP. The system is also updated weekly with medications temporarily banned for export.
This decision is a step forward in streamlining prescription and dispensing processes, said Dimitar Marinov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, in a statement to BTA. According to him, the new system will prevent invalid prescriptions from reaching pharmacies due to errors such as incorrect protocol numbers or unverified diagnoses, which currently force pharmacies to turn patients away for corrections. From April, with real-time NHIF monitoring, pharmacies will report immediately instead of on a bi-weekly basis.
The Bulgarian Medical Association has reiterated its stance that general practitioners should have real-time access to medication availability in pharmacies./Econ.bg
Over 100 Bulgarians Donate Blood for Injured Kocani Victims
The 14 victims from the fire in Kocani who were transported for treatment in Bulgaria remain in serious condition
Medical Workers in Bulgaria's Psychiatric Hospitals Demand 50% Pay Raise
Medical staff at state psychiatric hospitals across Bulgaria have initiated protests
Germany's Spy Agency Points to Wuhan Lab as COVID-19 Origin
Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, reportedly concluded in 2020 that there was an 80% to 90% probability that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic
Europe Faces Worst Measles Surge in 25 Years Amid Vaccine Gaps
The European Region is facing the highest number of measles cases in over 25 years, with 127,350 cases reported in 2024, double the number from 2023 and the highest since 1997
Bulgarians Demand Increased Healthcare Funding, Survey Shows
According to a nationally representative survey conducted by Alpha Research, healthcare remains the top priority for Bulgarians
