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Electronic Prescribing (e-Prescribing)
| What is e-prescribing? | |
e-Prescribing is simply an electronic way to generate prescriptions through an automated data-entry process utilizing e-prescribing software and a transmission network which links to participating pharmacies.
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e-prescribing has been described as the solution to improved patient safety and reducing sky-rocketing medication costs. It is estimated that approximately 7,000 deaths occur each year in the United States due to medication errors. These errors are predominately due to hand-writing illegibility, wrong dosing, missed drug-drug or drug-allergy reactions. With approximately 3 billion prescriptions written annually, which constitutes one of the largest paper-based processes in the United States, the writing of prescriptions can be streamlined and efficient by using an e-prescribing system.
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| The social Caese for e-Prescribing | |
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A study from the Center for Information Technology Leadership estimates that electronic prescribing, with clinical decision support, has the potential to reduce preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) by more than 60% over traditional paper based prescription writing.
e-Prescribing holds the potential to significantly improve patient safety by:
- Reducing the risk of medication errors — by eliminating reliance on handwritten paper prescriptions as well as phone and fax based communications between physicians and pharmacies, and by providing doctors with real-time electronic functionality that automatically checks for dangerous drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions
- Reducing the potential for fraud or tampering — by eliminating the use of handwritten or printed prescriptions that can be altered (in terms of number of pills or refills) before reaching the pharmacist (this is especially important for narcotic pain medications and other controlled substances)
- Providing access to a patient’s medication history — by securely aggregating and presenting patient-specific medication histories from community pharmacies and payer sources to physicians in real time at the point of care. This capability helps physicians make a more informed check for potentially harmful drug interactions
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| MedicaLINX e-Prescribing | | |
| Features of our e-Prescribing Platform: | |
| Authorized prescribers use the e-prescribing application to generate a prescription for a patient. As the prescriber "writes" the prescription, the new medication being written for is checked against the patient's allergies and other current medications. This helps to identify potential safety issues and generates an alert for the prescriber to address. In addition, the system alerts the prescriber if the medication is not covered by the patient's insurance or if there is a less expensive equivalent available. Once all issues have been resolved, the prescription is sent electronically to the patient's preferred pharmacy or can be printed. |
The application can run on various platforms, including desktop computer, laptop, tablet PC, and on web-enabled devices. Data used to build the prescribing system is obtained from current leaders in today's healthcare technology arena |
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Our certified e-Prescribing EncompassRX v1.2 solution can be an effective enhancement to your onsite infrastructure or can also be used as an independent solution. Our e-Prescribing solution is developed with the latest technologies and is able to be integrated with several Practice Management Systems and an EMR/EHR solution.
With more than 7 years of continuous product development, we've developed a unique e-Prescribing solution that's easy to use, provides safety alerts, and is backed by world-class customer support.
Some of the benefits and features of our e-Prescribing solution are:
- Surescripts certification
- Ease-of-Use (with 3-5 clicks the Rx is ready to be send electronically)
- Prescription Benefits (Patient Eligibility - Formulary - Reporting)
- Patient Medication History
- Prescription Routing for New and Renewal
- Fax Capabilities
- Allergic Reactions Alert
- Drug-Drug Interactions Alert
- Drug-Disease Contraindications Alert
- Therapeutic Duplications Alert
- Complete Patient Demographic Profile
- Monographs (Patient Education – Drug/Food & Drug/Drug Interactions - Drug/Lab Interferences)
- Clinical Notes
- Pharmacy Notes
- Referrals
- and more...
For More Information:
Contact encompassrxinformation@medicalinx.com or call 1-866-429-5015
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