The Best Benefits of E-Prescribing Today
When e-prescribing first hit the market, the potential for increased workflow efficiency and reduced medication errors was clear. Finally, a technology was available that could give physicians and pharmacies quick access to patient medication history, comprehensive lists of prescribed medications, and even insurance formulary coverage.
Of course, it took time and continued adoption of e-prescribing among physicians and pharmacies to build up a large and shared network of patient medication history. But today, there are millions of electronic patient records available, thanks to the e-prescribing pioneers who paved the way.
And, thanks to the cutting-edge software they used, like Rcopia™, the most widely used standalone e-prescribing solution today. The reasons behind Rcopia's popularity? In addition to its remarkable affordability, Rcopia's simplified user interface makes it easy to authorize prescriptions in just seconds, and to practically eliminate risk of medication errors.
Let's take a closer look at how Rcopia achieves these two significant e-prescribing benefits.
E-prescribing efficiencies
Rcopia is designed to guide users through the e-prescribing process in a logical sequence, rather than require the physician to hunt for patient history and medication information in disparate places. The result is a one to four-hour daily reduction in time spent processing prescriptions.
For example, authorizing new prescriptions in the Rcopia e-prescribing system is just a matter of clicking through a few e-prescribing screens to assure the script is correctly and safely processed. This intuitive guided navigation makes it easy for doctors to:
- Check for allergies or adverse drug reactions
- Quickly select a medication and recommended dosage from a comprehensive list
- Confirm the patient's available formulary coverage
- Transmit a clearly legible prescription to the pharmacist
Renewal requests are a piece of cake with Rcopia e-prescribing. Patients can now call in their prescriptions directly to the pharmacist, who sends the request to the provider through the Rcopia e-prescribing solution. At any point in the day, doctors can view the list of waiting renewals, select which ones to renew or deny, and then send the entire list back at once, even if renewal requests are from different pharmacies.
E-prescribing medication safety
Rcopia's easy navigation design is just as important a factor behind reducing medication errors as it is in increasing workflow efficiency. It's specifically designed to intuitively prompt users throughout the e-prescribing process that assures users won't overlook important medication safety details, such as patient allergy or drug interaction alerts. Rcopia e-prescribing even alerts the provider of mass drug recalls and other important alerts. Now doctors have a true decision support tool based on the most current patient medication information, all housed in one e-prescribing solution.
To learn more about the Rcopia e-prescribing benefits of improved efficiency and medication safety, sign up for one of Rcopia's frequent demos. Simply fill out the brief contact form to schedule your own Rcopia e-prescribing demo today!