In October, Michigan law will require you to prescribe every medication electronically. If you view the state’s electronic prescribing law as a lead domino, the many dominoes that follow each represent opportunities to increase the speed of your operation and reduce current inconveniences to your patients.
Consider the monetary cost to the time consumed by you, your staff and your patients just to navigate the current paper system. There are calls to and from pharmacies, plus time spent looking up drug information on websites or in reference books. Patients may leave the appointment without their prescription. Adherence drops when a patient feels inconvenienced when dropping off or waiting to pick up prescriptions. The list goes on. Every minute spent by you and your team can be calculated into a direct cost based on wages alone. Look for the following functions in an e-Prescribing software and make sure they are included in the flat subscription rate.
Prescribe on any computer, laptop, tablet or phone. A truly comprehensive cloud e-Prescribing solution allows you to e-Prescribe from desktops and laptops at no additional cost, from any location, any time.
Integrate with your practice management system (PM). With true integration, your PM populates your patient’s information directly from your system into your e-Prescribing software, eliminating duplicate work.
Single-click access to MAPS. The national average duration to access a state prescription monitoring program website is more than four minutes and 50 clicks. However, a comprehensive e-Prescribing cloud software that is properly integrated to your PM can reduce this to one or two clicks.
This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it does shed light on opportunities to speed up your workflow, protect your patients and improve profit through productivity. MDA members receive special discount pricing on MDA-endorsed iCoreRx e-Prescribing software.
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