"Prescription Writing Software"

Updated 31/12/2008

For any specialization, the prescription is one of the most important therapeutic transactions between physician and patient any where in the world. The art of prescription writing is an ancient inheritance of science. Its origin is lost in antiquity, but its importance through the centuries has made it for physician one of the most significant written communications of the human race. The ancients physician started their prescription with an appeal to the gods for its success. The ancient symbol, Rx, signifying the appeal, was established by doctors centuries ago and has been carried down to the present time by moder physicians.

Many ancient prescriptions in the history were noted for their multiple ingredients and complexity of preparation. The importance of the prescription for patient and doctor and the need for complete understanding and accuracy made it imperative that a universal and standard language be employed. Thus, Latin was adopted, and its use was continued until approximately a generation ago. Present-day prescription practices lead, for the most part, to prescriptions containing a single ingredient, written in English, with doses given in the metric system and dietery advices in different languages. The ancient “Rx” and the Latin “Signatura,” abbreviated as “Sig.,” are all that remain of the ancient art of the prescription.

This software is designed by keeping in mind all the flavour of ancient time together with the different scientific approaches.