Lexi-Comp's Answer to Adverse Drug Events

Paper prescriptions will soon be a thing of the past.

Thanks to federal IT incentives as well as an increasing demand by physicians, pharmacies and payers for increased efficiency and safety, the healthcare industry will likely soon see electronic prescribing options completely replace the sloppy, handwritten prescriptions that have dominated the industry for so long. With more and more healthcare providers implementing EMR systems into their practice settings, the popularity and demand of drug data solutions for e-prescribing applications is on the rise. Some of the benefits of e-prescribing include: fewer medication errors and improved patient outcomes; streamlined prescription writing through automated data entry process; increased patient safety; more efficient refill request processes; and clinical decision support to help provide drug-allergy notifications and detect harmful drug-drug interactions.

In order for a physician, pharmacy or payer to utilize the e-prescribing component of their EMR, their system must be Surescripts certified, ensuring the software sends and receives electronic information in accordance with industry standards. Due to Lexi-Comp’s strategic partnerships with e-prescribing vendors that use Lexi-Comp’s clinical decision support information (drug interacting software checking, drug-allergy checking, dose range checking, etc.), Lexi-Comp can help end users obtain the functionality needed to achieve certification of their e-prescribing system.  

Learn more about how Lexi-Comp can help EMRs develop software for e-prescribing.