Electronic Prescribing: Becoming Mainstream Practice
The report, "Electronic Prescribing: Becoming Mainstream Practice," which was released on June 11, 2008, offers a detailed examination of the progress made, obstacles that remain, and recommendations for helping the nation's prescribers migrate from paper-based prescriptions to an electronic system.
The report was developed collaboratively by the eHealth Initiative (eHI) and The Center for Improving Medication Management (The Center) with the strategic guidance and leadership from a diverse Steering Group made up of the many stakeholders in health care, including clinicians, consumers, employers, health plans, health IT vendors and pharmacists and pharmacies.
Key topics covered by the report include:
- A definition of e-prescribing
- A set of consensus-based principles for e-prescribing adoption
- Current state of adoption
- Overview of related public policy
- The value proposition of e-prescribing for different stakeholders
- Challenges and costs related to e-prescribing
- Overview of the e-prescribing process as well as an overview of best practices and lessons learned in the following areas: leadership, planning and selection, product capabilities and integration, workflow and change management, communications, deployment and effective use, and training and support
- Case studies of market, payer, and state initiatives designed to accelerate e-prescribing through financial and other incentives
- Recommendations for supporting the adoption of e-prescribing.
Click here to access the report, "Electronic Prescribing: Becoming Mainstream Practice"
Click here to access the June 11, 2008 press release
