  This paper presents the development of an electronic prescription system for
pediatricians that considered the factors that influence a childs prescription.
The system implements a knowledge base which contains drug information and
formulary. It allows the pediatrician to have access to the electronic health
record of patients before prescription writing. The resulting prescription is
marked with verifiable randomly generated prescription ID before it is sent to
the dispensing pharmacy and this accounts for the security feature of the
prescription system. Microsoft Office Visio 2007, PHP and My SQL database
server were used to present and develop the system. Implementation results
showed the system is capable of reducing common prescription error as the most
informed prescription is being generated for the child electronically.
