EMR Benefits: E-Prescribing
E-prescribing is the ability of a healthcare facility to send computer-generated prescriptions directly to the pharmacy. E-prescribing enhances patient safety by reducing medication errors as wells as providing understandable prescriptions.
Importance of E-prescribing
Implementing the standards to facilitate e-prescribing represents one of the key actions in the government in order to expedite the use of Electronic health records.
Paper Records
Among the disadvantages of paper records are that they may get lost as well as they can be misread. With the implementation of electronic prescribing system (e-prescribing) doctors can directly establish communication with a pharmacy, preventing the common mistakes committed in paper records.
Benefits
Among the main benefits of the use of e-prescriptions are:
- Reduction of medical errors
- Checking for drug interaction
- Provide lower costs
- Improving care
