Electronic prescribing is more than generating a prescription on a computer and printing or faxing it to a pharmacy. E-prescribing must also provide functionality and workflow flexibility to work for both physicians and staff involved in the prescribing process. Rcopia®, the #1 most used and decorated standalone electronic prescription management system from DrFirst®, allows physicians to provide a higher level of patient safety and service, streamline back office business systems and save time and money through the efficiency of electronic medication orders, renewals and formulary checking

1. E-prescribing
Informational

2. What’s wrong
with paper
prescriptions?

3. 7,000 Deaths
occur each year in the
United States due to paper
prescription-based adverse
drug events, including:
• handwriting illegibility
• incorrect dosing
• missed drug-drug or drug-
allergy reactions

4. Over 1.5 Million
patients sustain injuries each year as a result
of preventable adverse drug events

5. $2 Billion
The estimated annual
cost for preventable
adverse drug events in
hospital settings alone

6. 88% of physicians who have adopted
e-prescribing had prescription legibility related
errors at some point in their career

7. $15,700
The cost of time spent, per year per physician,
managing unnecessary administrative tasks related
to paper-based prescriptions

8. 150 million call-backs are received
by physician offices from pharmacies with questions,
clarifications and refill requests for paper-based prescriptions

9. 20% of paper-
based prescriptions
are never filled by
the patient

10. $140-$240
Billion
The estimated savings
over a 10 year span
with greater adoption
of e-prescribing

11. For physicians, the benefits of adopting healthcare
information technology solutions are loud and clear

12. More than
570 million
e-prescriptions were
routed electronically
in 2011

13. Over 1/3rd of all prescriptions were delivered
electronically in the United States in 2011

14. 52% of all office-
based physicians
actively use
e-prescribing,
as of 2011

15. Over 50% of the practices in the US employing
between two and 10 physicians adopted an
e-prescribing system in 2011

16. 75% of Internists and Family
Practitioners use e-prescribing

17. 94% of retail
pharmacies
nationwide are
now connected
and receiving
e-prescriptions

18. 41 states have approved legislation to allow
E-prescribing for controlled substances as of October, 2012

19. Over 70 Electronic Health Record (EHR)
companies have adopted the ability to
e-prescribe controlled substances

20. “Electronic prescribing is now well on its
way to becoming mainstream practice.
The vision that pharmacies and PBMs had over
10 years ago – replacing phone, fax and paper-
based prescribing with e-prescribing – is being
realized today through improved medication
management, increased patient convenience
and reduced costs for all.”
- Harry Totonis, President and CEO, Surescripts

21. What can
e-prescribing
do for your
practice?

22. Make more informed real-time
decisions with access to patient’s
medication history

23. Receive alerts
for any potential
drug-drug &
drug-allergy
reactions that
could lead to
adverse drug
events

24. Easily access a
patient’s
formulary and
select cost
effective
prescriptions

25. Quickly and efficiently respond to
pharmacy renewal requests

26. Increase patient
convenience by
reducing patient
trips to the
pharmacy and
wait times

27. Reduce or
eliminate the
time staff
spends pulling
and re-filing
paper medical
charts

28. Have more opportunities to provide improved patient
care or perform other reimbursable activities

29. Give your patients
greater confidence
that their provider
is current in all
areas of health
care, with the
latest technologies
in place

30. Avoid the Medicare penalties of
1.5% in 2013 and 2% in 2014 as part of the
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
(MIPPA)

31. E-prescribing is a key component of the Meaningful Use
requirements, as it satisfies objectives including:
• Patient engagement
• Improved care coordination during transitions in care or multiple
care settings
• Safety regarding both the privacy and security of patient health
information objectives

32. “Patient safety, significant error
reduction, efficiency, less data
entry and less repetitive work for
our staff are just few of the
benefits that electronic prescribing
has brought to our practice.”
- Alberto Sobrado, MD

33. Getting an
e-prescribing
system up and
running in your
office is easier
than you might
think

34. You can
have your
e-prescribing
system up and
running in a
matter of a
few days

35. You don't have to install any additional
hardware into your office when
implementing an e-prescribing system

36. You can still keep your old paper charts even
after you start using an e-prescribing system

37. Many e-prescribing solutions cost less,
per day, than your average cup of coffee

38. The earlier you adopt an e-prescribing system,
the greater your return on investment (ROI) could be

39. “E-prescribing is a powerful and cost-effective tool in the
healthcare system's efforts to improve patient outcomes,
and it can significantly streamline a physician’s practice
while also providing the highest level of patient safety.
Writing a prescription electronically takes only seconds
compared with traditional written or phoned-in prescriptions.
With this time savings, a physician can spend more time with
patients and get back to ‘being a Doctor First.’”
G. Cameron Deemer
President, DrFirst, Inc.

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41. About DrFirst
DrFirst provides physicians and health IT vendors a platform with a cutting
edge range of services:
•Rcopia®, our award-winning e-prescribing system that’s the #1 most used and
decorated standalone solution available
•Send controlled substance prescriptions electronically through the first ever
fully compliant solution
•Engaging patients at higher risks for non-compliance to medication therapy
•HIPAA compliant point-to-point connectivity and interoperability for patient
data.

42. References
3. American Medical Association. (2011). A Clinician's Guide to Electronic Prescribing. Retrieved December 17, 2011,
4. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012
5. EMR Consultant: http://www.emrconsultant.com/education/e-prescribing
7. National Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, July 2006
8. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Drug Safety and Availability > Safe Use Initiative Fact Sheet, Aug 25, 2011
9. Surescripts: Study: E-Prescribing Shown to Improve Outcomes and Save Healthcare System Billions of Dollars, February 1, 2012
10. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012
12. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011
13. New York Times: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions, April 28, 2012
14. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011
15. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011
16. Surescripts: The National Progress Report on E-prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011
17. Surescripts: Surescripts Announces that Majority of Doctors in U.S. Now Use E-Prescribing, November 9, 2011
18. Internal Legal Research by DrFirst
19. DrFirst: Over 70 EHR Companies Have the Ability to E-prescribe Controlled Substances with DrFirst‘s EPCS Gold™, February 29, 2012
20. Surescripts ReportFederal Incentives to Support Health IT Helped Grow Nation's Use of E-Prescriptions by 72 Percent in 2010, May 12, 2011
30. centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:: Electronic Prescribing Incentive Fact Sheet, October 2008
31. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: E-prescribing
32. DrFirst Testimonials: http://www.drfirst.com/testimonials.jsp
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