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A DOCTOR’S MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION IS A HANDWRITTEN PAPER THAT A DOCTOR WRITES TO PRESCRIBE THE MEDICINE TO THE PATIENT ACCORDING TO THE INJURY OR SICKNESS THAT THE PATIENT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING. MISREAD MEDICINE NAMES IN DOCTORS’ MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS ARE FREQUENTLY A CONSEQUENCE OF EITHER UNREADABLE HANDWRITING OR A PHARMACIST’S INCAPABILITY TO IDENTIFY DRUG NAMES IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS. NORMALLY, A MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION, WHICH IS WRITTEN BY A DOCTOR WHO USES COMMON MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES AND LATIN ABBREVIATIONS , IS USUALLY EXTREMELY HARD TO BE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY A PERSON WHO HAS NO PRIOR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE OR BACKGROUND. IT CAN’T BE DENIED THAT IT IS VERY THREATENING WHEN MEDICINES ARE WRONGLY GIVEN TO PATIENTS AS IT CAN LEAD TO SOME MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT SOME MEDICINES HAVE OVER EACH OTHER WHEN TAKEN AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ONLY THAT , BUT ALSO, WHEN THE WRONG MEDICINE IS TAKEN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT THE NEED FOR IT. AS A RESULT, IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO READ THE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION PRECISELY AND CORRECTLY TO AVOID ANY DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AND IMPACTS, THUS, FINDING A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE PROPOSED SYSTEM.

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES THAT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FURTHERLY SICKENED OR KILLED AROUND THE WORLD EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ERRORS MADE BY THE PHARMACISTS WHILE READING THE PRESCRIPTIONS. THUS, WE THOUGHT OF SHEDDING THE LIGHT ON OUR PROPOSED IDEA, PURPOSELY FOR HELPING TO SAVE PEOPLE’S LIVES FROM THE ERRORS MADE IN READING THE PRESCRIPTIONS AND GETTING PRESCRIBED MEDICINE WRONGLY. OUR PROPOSED IDEA HAS OF COURSE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BEFORE BUT NEITHER SO POPULARLY NOR SO SUCCESSFULLY AND SUFFICIENTLY AS MOST OF THE APPS OR APPROACHES THAT WERE USED SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY LOW ACCURACY. SOME COUNTRIES WENT THROUGH AN EASIER PATH OF USING AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION FORM IN WHICH THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBES THE MEDICINE ON THE COMPUTER AND A MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION IS GENERATED AND READY TO BE PRINTED, HOWEVER, THIS METHOD HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED YET IN EGYPT. ACCORDINGLY, THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS GOING TO ADMITTEDLY BREAKTHROUGH IN EGYPT DUE TO ITS HIGH DEMAND AND IMPORTANCE.

ADMITTEDLY, BECAUSE OF HOW BUSY DOCTORS ARE NOWADAYS, THEY TEND TO SCRIBBLE UNREADABLE PRESCRIBED MEDICINES TO THEIR PATIENTS WHICH LEADS TO THE PROBLEM OF MISINTERPRETING MEDICINE NAMES BY PHARMACISTS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MISINTERPRETATION OF MEDICINE NAMES IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS JEOPARDIZES PATIENTS’ LIVES AND POSES A THREAT ON THEIR HEALTH. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 7,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF DOCTOR’S ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS.