E-prescribing improves the overall safety and efficiency of the prescribing process by empowering you to prescribe the most medically appropriate and cost effective prescription at the point of care.
Electronic prescribing can allow your practice to access your patients’ formulary, eligibility, and prescription history information and securely exchange prescription information with pharmacies electronically, rather than by fax, phone or on paper.
This same connectivity can allows pharmacies to send requests for prescription refill requests your practice electronically. This can significantly reduce pharmacy phone calls and faxes, and free more time for patient care or other reimbursable activity.
There has never been a better time to e-prescribe. Government programs – such as the Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (MIPPA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act – are designed to provide support for prescribers that wish to adopt e-prescribing and electronic medical record (EMR) technology:
Get Your Free Guide to Selecting E-Prescribing Technology
By completing a brief technology assessment, you can generate a customized Guide to Selecting E-Prescribing Technology to determine your best path to acquire e-prescribing technology. The free guide includes:
- Listings of e-prescribing solutions that meet your stated needs
- Questions to ask the vendors as you begin evaluating various solutions
- An estimate of the time and money you are currently spending annually managing the refill authorizations by fax and phone – a process that can be automated through use of e-prescribing.
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