Meaningful Use and the EHR

The number of physicians utilizing eprescribing as their main method for writing prescriptions is increasing. Why?   First,  because it is more efficient.   Second,  government mandates will soon require that eprescribing be used  to maximize reimbursement.  So how many people are using eprescribing?

 

According to Surescripts, operator of a national e-prescribing network,  more than 200,000 office-based prescribers in the United States now use electronic prescribing technology.  As part of these eprescribing applications,  the practitioner is expecting robust drug information to be included.   Issues of drug interactions,  therapeutic dosages,  drug nomenclature, pediatric dosing charts,  pediatric dose calculations,  medication brand names,  duplicate drug therapy and more,  are all part of the information that practitioners are looking for when they use an eprescribing tool.

 

Are you developing an EMR or EHR and need to make sure you have a top source of drug information?   There are actually just a few providers of this information,  including Lexi-Comp and Cerner/Multum.  Make sure you don't wait to the end of your development process to decide which provider you are going with.