Das Schweizer Parlament gibt grünes Licht für elektronische Rezepte

While this change is good (and an improvement, no doubt) as long as you stay in Switzerland, it will definitely cause major problems when a Swiss resident needs to travel overseas (vacation, business trip, etc.) carrying Swiss-prescribed medication with them.

Many other countries laws require the traveller to have „a (printed) copy of the prescription“, sometimes even specifying this needs to be „signed by the prescribing physician“.

So, making this e-prescription mandatory with no opt-out and – according to the article – the patient only entitled to a printed „medication plan“ (but not a printed „copy of the prescription“), this is gonna be a major headache for Swiss international travellers – and possibly the Swiss department of foreign affairs (EDA) who then has to potentially deal with travellers possibly detained or held-up in foreign countries on purely bureaucratic issues that are caused by the Swiss „no printed prescription“ mandate.

Edit: Regarding the commenter that erroneously assumes that an „electronic medication plan“ would be sufficient. Well, unfortunately in the real world and from my experience (travelling with prescription medication all over the world) foreign authorities and/or foreign customs/border agents sometimes care much more about the title of a document than it’s contents. So if the foreign authority/customs expects a „prescription“ you might get delayed/detained at the border (or face delays/rejections when you request a necessary import (pre-)authorization/permit from the foreign country health ministry) if the document doesn’t specifically say „prescription“ at the top.