E-Prescribing Market Analysis

End-user (Hospitals, Pharmacies, Clinics)

The global e-prescribing market is segmented and analyzed for demand and supply by end-user into hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics. Out of these sub-segments, the hospital’s segment is estimated to gain the largest market share over the projected time frame. The growth of the segment can be attributed to the increased revenue generated by the hospitals on the back of the rising patient pool. Hospitals provide patient satisfaction since, all sorts of trained medical professionals, laboratories, and medical equipment are available in a single place. It was noticed that globally, around 65% of people desired to pay more for quality physician consultations. Additionally, hospitals attract the highest volume of prescriptions and patients and hence are one of the biggest applications of e-prescribing systems. For instance, the number of hospitals in the U.S. grew from 6900 in 2019 to over 7300 in 2022.

Prescription (Prescription Drugs, Non-Prescription Drugs)

The global e-prescribing market is also segmented and analyzed for demand and supply by prescription into prescription, and non-prescription drugs. Amongst these two segments, the prescription drugs segment is expected to garner a significant share. Prescription drugs are drugs that are legally prescribed for distribution. Moreover, prescribed medicines are used to treat several illnesses, and on the other hand, these medicines can also be misused by people. To eliminate the abuse of prescription drugs, e-prescription becomes quite essential. For instance, the abused prescribed drugs by the annual abusers’ rate are opioids (9 million), painkillers (9 million), stimulants ( 5), sedatives (6), and others. Additionally, more than 15 million individuals misuse some sort of prescription every year around the globe.

Our in-depth analysis of the global market includes the following segments: