Stat RX Pharmacy offers e-prescribing through Surescripts, the nation’s leading electronic prescription provider which offers prescribers electronic access to patient prescription benefit information, patient medication history, and prescription routing through an integrated computer or handheld device.
The Surescripts network is used every day by thousands of physicians, pharmacists and payers nationwide to exchange health information and prescribe without paper. Stat Rx Pharmacy utilizes Surescripts for eprescribing in order to create:
- Safer prescriptions that protect both patient and pharmacy
- Greater efficiency through technology automation and innovation
- “Cleaner” prescriptions requiring less pharmacy resources to process
- A strong platform that gives pharmacy a lead role in the national push to use HIT
E-prescribing occurs when a prescriber uses a computer or handheld device with software that enables a prescriber to:
- Electronically Access That Patient’s Prescription Benefit: Electronically accessing a patient’s prescription benefit information – both formulary and eligibility – allows prescribers to choose medications that are on formulary and are covered by the patient’s drug benefit. Prescribers can also choose lower-cost alternatives such as generic drugs. Dispensing pharmacies are less likely to receive prescriptions that require changes based on the patient’s drug benefit, which, in turn, reduces unnecessary phone calls from pharmacy staff to physician practices regarding drug coverage.
- With a Patient’s Consent, Electronically Access that Patient’s Medication History: Electronically accessing a patient’s medication history allows prescribers to receive critically important information on their patients’ current and past prescriptions and to become better informed about potential medication issues with their patients (e.g., catching potentially harmful drug-to-drug and drug-allergy interactions). Prescribers can use this information to improve safety and quality. And – by understanding the cycle of dispensing related to a prescription – prescribers can gain insight into a patient’s medication adherence.
- Electronically Route the Prescription to the Patient’s Choice of Pharmacy: Exchanging prescription information electronically between prescribers and pharmacies improves the accuracy of the prescribing process and saves time. Time savings primarily result from reduced pharmacy phone calls and faxes related to prescription renewal authorizations as well as from a reduced need for pharmacy staff to key in prescription data.
You can find more information on the Surescripts website at: www.surescripts.com.
Contact us to find out how you can avail of our E-Prescribing services and more efficiently manage your prescription services today.
