The Top Five Reasons to Use ePrescribing to Boost Efficiency

By: Robert McDermott, President & Chief Executive Officer, iCoreConnect

When you are a practice manager or owner, one of your core responsibilities is to find ways to improve efficiency while maintaining and improving the quality of care. For decades, technology has improved patient care and experiences in the lab and clinic, but the administrative office has lagged behind. For many patients and staff, delays in business and administrative tasks can be frustrating. For practice managers and owners, those delays can be costly. The very real friction created by manual processes, especially prescription processing, can be alleviated thanks to advances in technology that bring improvements to your practice and front office operations.

How Do ePrescriptions and ePrescription Software Work?

First and foremost, to write ePrescriptions dental providers will need ePrescription software. After entering all relevant patient and prescription information, the prescription is sent to the patient’s pharmacy. But, that’s not all, ePrescription software can do more than that, including: • Integrating with existing practice software • Identifying and alerting to interactions and contraindications • Auto-filling patient information to streamline and prevent duplicate entries • Saving prescriptions and pharmacies to speed up entries • Connecting to a vast network of pharmacies • Providing up-to-date drug directory with instant access • Providing access to patient prescription history regardless of prescriber • Cloud flexibility - securely prescribe from anywhere ePrescription software provides the seamless connection between your dental office and pharmacies to facilitate quick and easy filling of prescriptions necessary to deliver the care your patients need and deserve.

Top 5 Benefits of ePrescribing

Automation is designed to simplify and speed up repetitive tasks. ePrescribing has, for that reason, been one way that dental practices are able to leverage technology to boost practice productivity and improve patient care. The benefits go beyond productivity boosts though. 1. Easier and faster (especially for your patients) Manual prescriptions require a patient to make time to get to the pharmacy and wait for the prescription to be filled. Or they need to wait on the pharmacist to notice a phoned or faxed prescription. With an ePrescription, the pharmacy has all the information it needs to prepare the prescription before your patient even leaves your office. 2. Reduced errors and call backs Experts estimate that, even today, nearly a quarter of medication errors are attributable to poor handwriting. ePrescriptions, delivered electronically, ensure that prescriptions are filled properly and accurately, drastically reducing pharmacy call backs and errors.

3. Fewer interactions/contraindications When medicines prescribed by a primary care physician may be unknown or a patient might forget, or there’s an allergy to a medication you’re prescribing, both your records and pharmacy records can flag the prescription, alerting you to a problem before the patient arrives at the pharmacy 4. Improved office efficiency and productivity Instead of having to return to an office and remain tied to a desktop to complete work, cloud-based ePrescribing is faster and can be handled on the fly, improving the workflow in your office. Additionally, the ability to auto-fill patient data and save preferences for patients and pharmacies means you and your team can work faster with the tech working for you. 5. Safer prescribing of controlled substances If other providers are using ePrescription software, prescription information is available to any prescriber, regardless of the provider, that will flag duplicate prescriptions and let you know when you should be concerned about prescribing a controlled substance.

In short, ePrescriptions are safer, faster, and more convenient for both your office and your patients. Improved workflows mean your office is more efficient, boosting patient care and satisfaction. Further, ePrescriptions improve accuracy and provide safety nets for drug concerns from interactions to potential abuse.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Robert McDermott is President and Chief Executive Officer of iCoreConnect, an award-winning provider of secure cloudbased communications and productivity software for high compliance industries, most notably in dentistry. During McDermott’s first six months on the job, he met with more than 2,000 dental and medical professionals around the country. Every one of iCoreConnect’s cloud-based services, from our practice management software and HIPAA-compliant email to our ePrescription tool, are designed on the input of those practicing doctors. Because of McDermott's commitment to the customer and product excellence, iCoreConnect was named one of the United States’ Top 10 Encryption Providers by Enterprise Security Magazine. iCoreExchange, the company’s HIPAA-compliant email, was named one of Dental Products Report’s Top 50 Products. Additionally, iCoreConnect was honored as a Top 10 Dental Solution by Healthcare Tech Outlook.

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