Benefits of E- Prescribing

Fig. e-prescribing

Electronic Prescribing plays an important role in advancing patient care and improving our health care system more effectively. Providers can better manage patient prescription with reducing prescription errors and drug interactions. Modern electronic prescribing software can provide a lot of benefits to a hospital and its staff. Some benefits of the software include:

• Detailed history of patient drug prescriptions
• Improved patient safety
• Reduction of medication errors
• E prescribing for discharge medications
• Improve patient safety and quality of care
• Prescription arrives at pharmacy before you leave doctors office

An electronic prescription allows you to send electronic prescription to the pharmacy, receive electronic refill requests and electronic replacement requests for a general medication. E- Prescription offers a powerful tool for physicians to safely and efficiently manage patient’s medications and to ensure greater convenience for patients. Electronic prescription also makes it easier for physician to access a list of medications and enhance overall medication management process.