e-prescribingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈiːprɪˌskraɪ.bɪŋ//ˈiːprɪˌskraɪ.bɪŋ/the activity of writing and sending prescriptions (= orders for medicines to be given as treatment) using the internet:
The study compared the safety of e-prescribing with paper-based prescribing, and found many more errors in paper prescriptions.