Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Implementation of e-prescribing

• Several months in development
  • Accuracy and relevance of drug database
  • Screens easy to use and involve minimal manipulation
  • Basic decision support
• Adopt an icon = "MedMan"
• Implement at pilot site; refills first
• Voluntary use
• Goal: Implement on platform of wireless laptop
• Switch to hardwired desktops in exam rooms—
  • 505 exam rooms!
• 51 months to last clinic go-live
• Now: 5,000 prescriptions/ day (95% written); faxed to 600+ pharmacies
• Transition to vendor-purchased EHR in late 2007—CDS customized; use becomes mandatory