How Does PIP Obtain Prescription Information?

Initially, PIP will use information from the Saskatchewan Drug Plan. Since the Drug Plan’s inception, information has been collected about prescriptions to determine a resident’s eligibility for benefits, and as a record of payments made by the Drug Plan. In 2004, the Drug Plan was enhanced to collect information on all prescriptions dispensed from community pharmacies, including those that were not previously collected under the Drug Plan. This was done to build a complete record of prescriptions to help health professionals make more informed drug therapy decisions.

The Pharmaceutical Information Program will be extended in future phases to include information entered directly by physicians and other health care providers, such as allergy information, and prescriptions entered electronically by prescribers.