“Check for Me” Wemex System for Sharing Medication History

With medication histories in Japan currently fragmented across different pharmacies and medical institutions, patient medication information is not being accurately shared and there remains a risk of medication errors or duplicate prescriptions. To address this issue, Wemex developed “Check for Me,” a patented function for sharing medication histories among patients, family members, and healthcare professionals. This function allows real-time access to medication histories, enabling all stakeholders to easily check the same information.

In March 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) issued its Guidelines for Electronic Medication Notebooks, which outlined essential, desirable, and future-desirable features for electronic medication notebooks from a healthcare digital transformation (DX) perspective. “Check for Me” fulfills one of the “desirable” features—enabling even pharmacies and medical institutions that do not use electronic medication notebooks to easily view information that is registered in a user’s electronic medication notebook (prescription data, etc.)—meaning that “Check for Me” can be a powerful enabler, helping electronic medication notebooks contribute to healthcare DX.

Wemex anticipates that this function will also be implemented in electronic medication notebook apps provided by other companies. In November 2024, Wemex expanded the availability of this function—which was previously exclusive to its own “Healthcare Note” app—for the first time by providing it to Nihon Chouzai’s “Okusuri Techo Plus” app. This has enabled users of Okusuri Techo Plus to easily share not only prescription medication details but also information on over-the-counter drugs and supplements with healthcare providers, potentially enhancing the quality of medical care they receive.

Wemex will continue to support the contribution of electronic medication notebook apps to healthcare DX and work with other companies to build an environment where anyone can easily share medication information with medical institutions and family members.

Employee Voices

At Wemex, we are responsible for protecting patient data provided through our widely adopted medical-receipt computers and medication history systems. By enabling secure analysis and accurate medication guidance using this data at pharmacies, we aim to optimize healthcare for each individual patient, in collaboration with professionals across various healthcare settings, including medical institutions, pharmacies, and occupational health organizations.

“Check for Me” is a function designed to deliver a more optimized healthcare experience through consented sharing patient data, rather than that data being confined within Wemex. Going forward, we will seek to securely use medical data and generative AI to provide patients with services that are even more accessible and user-friendly, supporting their daily health.

Yusuke AraiPharmacy Business Solutions Section, Product Management Department, Wemex Corporation