Global Growth Driving Factors:
Factors such as the increasing adoption of EHR solutions, government initiatives and incentive programs, rising focus on reducing the abuse of controlled substances, increasing focus on reducing medical errors, and the need to curtail the escalating healthcare costs are driving the growth of the ePrescribing Market. Additionally, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of telemedicine modules and telehealth consultations. This is further driving the adoption of e-prescribing solutions.
Projected Surge in Revenue Generation:
The global ePrescribing market size is projected to reach USD 3.3 billion by 2025 from USD 1.2 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 23.3%.
Market Size Estimation:
The total market size for the ePrescribing market was arrived at after data triangulation from two different approaches, as mentioned below.
Approach 1: Parent Market Analysis
In this report, the global market size for the Revenues of individual companies providing EHR solutions with the integrated e-prescribing module was gathered from public sources and databases. Shares of the EHR market provided by leading players were gathered from secondary sources to the extent available. Individual shares or revenue estimates were validated through expert interviews.
Approach 2: Demand Side Analysis
In the case of demand-side analysis, the total number of physicians utilizing the e-prescribing module was studied using secondary and primary research. All the responses were collated to derive a probabilistic estimate of the market size based on the annual and implementation costs per physician per year.
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COVID-19 Impact on ePrescribing Market
The COVID-19 pandemic will not directly impact the e-prescribing market; however, its impact on the healthcare IT and the EMR markets will drive the demand for e-prescribing solutions during and after the global pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of teleconsultations has increased. The integration of EHR, telemedicine, and e-prescribing functionalities aid prescribers in creating an interconnected network that ensures the use of HCIT to diagnose and prescribe medicines for patients.
In addition, recommendations by the CDC to use telemedicine services and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations for the electronic prescription of controlled substances have increased the number of electronic prescription transactions.
Restraint: High cose of deployment
Despite their benefits, end users remain hesitant to adopt e-prescribing solutions mainly due to the high costs involved. The costs are not limited to the one-time purchase of a system, but also include recurrent expenses such as those incurred by implementation services, maintenance and support services, integration of e-prescribing with EHR/EMR, and, in some instances, training and education. This restricts smaller hospitals and office-based physicians from investing in e-prescribing solutions, especially in the emerging APAC and Latin American markets.
Challenges: Lack of technology awareness among end users
E-prescribing solutions operate at maximum efficiency only when integrated with EHRs and a complementary suite of other HCIT solutions. However, most physicians and end-users lack the knowledge and technological expertise to understand how to make full use of e-prescribing. For instance, it may be difficult for end-users to select the most effective combination of hardware and software components while implementing any e-prescribing solution.
This aspect carries weight, as using complementary components can help reduce overall costs incurred, while increasing workflow efficiency. However, limited access to expert opinion and trained IT professionals can pose challenges for end-users in selecting the appropriate e-prescribing solution for their practice. This has a direct impact on the end user’s decision to adopt an eprescribing solution in the first place.
Opportunities: Increased adoption of integrated telehealth solutions due to COVID-19
Even before the onset of the global pandemic, players in the EHR market had started integrating the telehealth feature with their existing solutions, due to advantages offered by telehealth consultations such as increased patient engagement in remote monitoring and reduction in overhead costs. However, the adoption of this feature increased significantly during the COVID-19 crisis.
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APAC will grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period.
The ePresciribng market, by region, is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East Africa. Currently, a number of healthcare organizations in the Asia Pacific region are actively moving towards digitization with a focus on streamlining their entire workflow and ensuring patient safety. Japan, Australia, Taiwan, South Korea, India, and China are the major countries in this region that are actively adopting e-prescribing solutions.
In addition, government initiatives for the adoption of EMR solutions, the large volume of COVID-19 patients, the growth of the geriatric population, the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, increasing healthcare expenditure, and the growing purchasing power of consumers are also impacting the growth of this region in the coming years.
Makarand Vaidya
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