ANDHRA government is working on an Adhaar Linked app for both Doctors and Pharmacists, making its use mandatory for prescribing and selling medicines. All the Doctors and Pharmacists in Andhra Pradesh will have to use an app named 'Comprehensive Drug Monitoring System (CDMS)' developed by the Drugs Control Administration to either prescribe or sell medicines to the patients. According to the government's guidelines, Doctors will hereby generate e-prescriptions with the name of the patient, mobile or Aadhar number, medicines prescribed and the manufacturer's name.
On the other end, after the Doctor digitally signs an e-prescription, the patient will receive an OTP on his or her mobile number, which he will have to show to the authorized pharmacists. Upon entering the OTP in the CDMS app, the Pharmacist will have access to the list of medicines prescribed to the patient and will…
