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What’s wrong with paper

prescriptions?

7,000 Deathsoccur each year in the

United States due to paper prescription-based adverse

drug events, including:

• handwriting illegibility• incorrect dosing• missed drug‐drug or

drug‐allergy reactions

Over 1.5 Million patients sustain injuries each year as a

result of preventable adverse drug events

$2 BillionThe estimated annual cost for

preventable adverse drug events in

hospital settings alone

88% of physicians who have adopted e-prescribing had prescription legibility

related errors at some point in their career

$15,700

The cost of time spent, per year per physician, managing unnecessary administrative tasks related

to paper-based prescriptions

150 million call-backs are received by physician offices from pharmacies with questions,

clarifications and refill requests for paper-based prescriptions

20% of paper-based prescripti

ons are never filled by the

patient

$140-$240

Billion The estimated

savings over a 10 year span with

greater adoption of e-prescribing

For physicians, the benefits of adopting healthcare information technology solutions

are loud and clear

More than 570 million e-prescriptions

were routed electronically in

2011

Over 1/3rd of all prescriptions were delivered electronically in the United States

in 2011

52% of all office-based physicians

actively use e-prescribing,

as of 2011

Over 50% of the practices in the US employing between two and 10 physicians

adopted an e-prescribing system in 2011

75% of Internists and Family Practitioners use e-

prescribing

94% of retail pharmacies

nationwide are now connected and receiving e-prescriptions

41 states have approved legislation to allow E-prescribing for controlled substances as of October, 2012

Over 70 Electronic Health Record (EHR) companies have adopted the ability to

e-prescribe controlled substances

“Electronic prescribing is now well on its way to becoming mainstream practice.

The vision that pharmacies and PBMs had over 10 years ago – replacing phone, fax and paper-based prescribing with e-prescribing – is being realized today through improved medication management, increased patient convenience and reduced costs for all.”

- Harry Totonis, President and CEO, Surescripts

What can e-

prescribing do for your practice?

Make more informed real-time decisions with access to patient’s

medication history

Receive alerts for any

potential drug-drug & drug-

allergy reactions that could lead to adverse drug

events

Easily access a patient’s formulary and select

cost effective

prescriptions

Quickly and efficiently respond to pharmacy renewal requests

Increase patient

convenience by reducing

patient trips to the

pharmacy and wait times

Reduce or eliminate the

time staff spends pulling and re‐filing

paper medical charts

Have more opportunities to provide improved patient care or perform other reimbursable

activities

Give your patients greater

confidence that their provider is

current in all areas of health care, with the

latest technologies

in place

Avoid the Medicare penalties of 1.5% in 2013 and 2% in 2014 as part of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and

Providers Act (MIPPA)

E-prescribing is a key component of the Meaningful Use requirements, as it satisfies objectives including:

• Patient engagement• Improved care coordination during transitions in care or

multiple care settings• Safety regarding both the privacy and security of patient

health information objectives

“Patient safety, significant error reduction, efficiency, less data entry and less repetitive work for our staff are just few of the benefits that electronic prescribing has brought to our practice.”

- Alberto Sobrado, MD

Getting an e-prescribing

system up and running in your office is easier than you might

think

You can have your

e-prescribing system up

and running in a matter of

a few days

You don't have to install any additional hardware into your office when implementing an e-prescribing

system

You can still keep your old paper charts even after you start using an e-prescribing

system

Many e-prescribing solutions cost less, per day, than your average cup of coffee

The earlier you adopt an e-prescribing system, the greater your return on investment (ROI) could be

“E-prescribing is a powerful and cost-effective tool in the healthcare system's efforts to improve patient outcomes, and it can significantly streamline a physician’s practice while also providing the highest level of patient safety. 

Writing a prescription electronically takes only seconds compared with traditional written or phoned-in prescriptions. With this time savings, a physician can spend more time with patients and get back to ‘being a Doctor First.’”

G. Cameron DeemerPresident, DrFirst, Inc.

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References

3. American Medical Association. (2011). A Clinician's Guide to Electronic Prescribing. Retrieved December 17, 2011,

4. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012

5. EMR Consultant: http://www.emrconsultant.com/education/e-prescribing

7. National Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, July 2006

8. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Drug Safety and Availability > Safe Use Initiative Fact Sheet, Aug 25, 2011

9. Surescripts: Study: E-Prescribing Shown to Improve Outcomes and Save Healthcare System Billions of Dollars, February 1, 2012

10. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012

12. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011

13. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012

14. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011

15. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011

16. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011

17. Surescripts: Surescripts Announces that Majority of Doctors in U.S. Now Use E-Prescribing, November 9, 2011

18. Internal Legal Research by DrFirst

19. DrFirst: Over 70 EHR Companies Have the Ability to E-prescribe Controlled Substances with DrFirst‘s EPCS Gold™, February 29,

2012

20. Surescripts ReportFederal Incentives to Support Health IT Helped Grow Nation's Use of E-Prescriptions by 72 Percent in 2010, May

12, 2011

30. centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:: Electronic Prescribing Incentive Fact Sheet, October 2008

31. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: E-prescribing

32. DrFirst Testimonials: http://www.drfirst.com/testimonials.jsp

37. DailyFinance.com: Coffee Still Reigns as U.S. Java King, August 16, 2011