What you need to know about e-Prescribing and its benefits on patient health and increased efficiency. e-Prescribing (electronic prescribing) facilitates the current prescription process by electronically transmitting prescription information between the physician, the patient and the pharmacy. Read more: Physician's Guide to e-Prescribing | MedicalRecords.com http://www.medicalrecords.com/about-eprescribing-medicalrecords-com#ixzz2W1c5Xdha

1. The 2-minute Guide:
e-Prescribing
Summer
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2. e-Prescribing is an electronic avenue that
sends prescriptions directly from the
physician’s office to the pharmacy while
storing prescription data in the patient’s
electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic
health record (EHR).
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3. e-Prescribing
Benefits and Drawbacks
Government Incentives
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4. Process
e-Prescribing
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First Step Second Step
‣ A physician or staff member enters
prescription information on a
computer using e-Prescription
software
‣ which is simultaneously
integrated and recorded to the
corresponding patient’s
electronic medical record
‣ The e-Prescription is then
automatically transmitted to the
patient’s preferred pharmacy
‣ through a secure private
network
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5. Benefits of e-Prescribing
Increases
patient safety
Done through warning systems and alerts at the point of
prescription that flag potentially harmful drug interactions,
drug allergies, and dosage errors
Increases
legibility
Eliminates legibility errors and aids in streamlining the
overall prescription process by reducing the need for call-
backs from pharmacists to verify prescription information
Refills Helps request, receive and authorize refills much easier
Convenience
Provides a great amount of convenience and flexibility to
the physician; Mobile electronic devices allow physicians to
write and renew prescriptions from any location
Dramatically impacts quality of care; Automatic review of
formulary guidelines allows health care professionals to select
medication options that are cost effective to their patients
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Quality of care
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6. Drawbacks of e-Prescription
‣Cost
‣ May be prohibitive for a small practice
‣ Training, maintenance and upgrades can be expensive
‣Learning Curve
‣ Transition time may result in lost time and efficiency
‣Other
‣ Illegible handwriting could be replaced by data entry errors
‣ Possibility of downtime due to network problems or loss of
electricity necessitates fall-back procedures
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7. Government Incentive
‣Medicare is now offering financial benefits as part
of a incentive program to help encourage the
transition to e-Prescribing and EMR / EHR
‣In order to qualify for up to $44,000, eligible health
care professionals who bill Medicare or Medicaid
must demonstrate 20 criteria to prove meaningful
use of their EMR / EHR software
‣e-Prescribing and CPOE is a key element
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