e-Prescription uses technology – software applications and hardware, such as PCs, handheld tablet computers, and wireless input devices - rather than paper forms to prescribe drugs. e-Prescription tools enable faster, more accurate delivery of medications to a patient, while permitting better regulatory compliance and achieving the aims of EHR. Related issues include: Pharmacy automation, medication compliance, pharmacy databases, CPOE, and adverse drug effects (ADE).

E-prescribing provides better efficiency, better reliability and can be used remotely via wireless providing more flexibility. E-prescribing also generates an electronic trail to show what was ordered, allowing patients to feel more confident in the accuracy of their prescription. Refills can be automated and multiple prescriptions can be filled or refilled simultaneously.

The Medicare Modernization Act of 2004 (MMA), the government has mandated deployment of a nationwide e-prescribing pilot program starting in January of 2008, and beginning in 2009, the MMA will also mandate e-prescribing for drug plans participating in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit program. In this way, the federal government regulations are being used to gradually dissolve non-electronic prescriptions.

RedLegg can provide you with all the tools you need to integrate into your EMR system and begin becoming more efficient and accurate when writing prescriptions, improving patient safety.

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HIMSS on E-prescribing