Overview of E-Prescribing Software

E-prescribing software allows clinicians to send prescriptions electronically to pharmacies. E-prescribing can increase care quality in a number of ways.

E-prescribing makes sure that the prescriber is providing enough specific information for the pharmacist to fill the prescription, including the name of the drug, the dosage, its physical form, the route, and the physician's instructions. It eliminates the time and effort of trying to understand the prescriber's handwriting, as well as the chance of an error. Additionally, E-prescribing significantly reduces the chance that the prescriber's intentions are misinterpreted.

In addition, medication histories can be retrieved from pharmacies and insurers, to give a more complete picture of what each patient has been prescribed and has been filled. Physicians can also find out which drugs are more or less expensive for their patients based on their insurance. The payment could be done easily via a prominent payment gateway system.

Working with the patient to find drugs that they can afford increases the chance that their prescription(s) will be filled and that they will improve.

Also, e-prescribing software is often used in conjunction with clinical decision support to ensure that any drug to drug interactions or drug to diagnosis issues are found and reported to the physician before the prescription order is completed.