Understanding Electronic Prescribing For Your Medical Practice

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Understanding Electronic Prescribing For Your
Medical Practice
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Today, Prescriptions Still Generally Follow
Traditional routes
who brings it to the pharmacy.
Rx
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Provider writes a prescription on a pad
Rx
and hands it to the patient
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Today, Prescriptions Still Largely Follow
Traditional Routes
who brings it to the pharmacy.
Rx
A
Provider writes a prescription on a pad
Rx
Rx
and hands it to the patient
B
Rx
Or on a computer
C
or that is faxed to the pharmacy.
that is printed in the office
Rx
and for renewals, its a nightmare of fax tag
and phone tag consuming hours of everyones time
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TRUE Electronic Prescribing Changes All That
NOW! New Prescriptions and Renewal Authorizations
are safely carried
To the connected pharmacy of your patients choice
Through the secure SureScripts network
True Electronic Prescribing represents a complete
end to end connection between computers at
physician practices and computers at the pharmacy
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SureScripts Has Developed The Nations Largest
Electronic Prescribing Network
SureScripts has tested and certified the software
of pharmacies and pharmacy software vendors
representing over 75 of U.S. retail pharmacies
for access to its network
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Overall Benefits of Electronic Prescribing
Now you and your staff can.

• Drastically reduce phone calls and faxes to and
  from pharmacies

• Complete refill authorizations in seconds, not
  hours

• Transmit new prescriptions quickly, simply and
  securely

• Spend more time talking to patients than
  pharmacies

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True Electronic Prescribing in Action

• HealthMatics EMR
• brought to you by
• A4 Health Systems

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - New Prescription Process
In Assessment and Plan section, you may add
diagnosis to patients chart and prescribe
medication as part of plan.

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - New Prescription Process
When taken to prescription template screen user
can send prescription electronically by clicking
ePrescribe button.

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - New Prescription Process
Choose the pharmacy of your patients choice from
the menu.

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - New Prescription Process
Or add contact information for new
pharmacies (for new prescriptions only)

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - New Prescription Process
The system automatically checks for drug
interaction effects.

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HEALTHMATICS EMR - Refill Authorization Process
System matches request to patient demographics
and provides a list of medications for that
patient
Step 1 Highlight Medication from List
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Step 2 Click Approve Button
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If request does not match history Click
Reject
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What Does It Mean To Be A SureScripts Certified
Solution?

• SureScripts does not develop, sell or endorse
  electronic prescribing software
• Instead, SureScripts certifies existing
  software to connect to its network
• Software passing certification is recognized as
  a SureScripts Certified Solution

HealthMatics EMR is a SureScripts Certified
Solution

• Certification ensures
• Access to the largest network of local pharmacies
• Simple and secure transmission of prescription
  information
• Absence of commercial advertising
• Neutrality - Open choice of pharmacy
• Neutrality Open choice of drug therapy

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Overall Benefits of Electronic Prescribing
Your practice benefits from

• Increased office efficiency and staff
  productivity

• Improved patient safety

• Increased patient convenience