Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Benefits of ePrescribing

• Improve patient safety
• Right drug
• Least expensive drug
• Right spelling
• Right dosage
• Up to date pharmacy science
• Eliminate drug interaction
• Catch drug abusers
• Prescriptions sent electronically, fax, or printed out, no handwriting
• Can see if patient is refilling prescription