E-prescribing
Electronic prescribing services that let clinicians send prescriptions, including controlled substances, to pharmacies and check drug coverage while they prescribe.
Some of these companies sell prescribing tools directly to prescribers and hospitals, and others build it into EHRs and telehealth applications made by other software companies. Common features include electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), real-time prescription benefit checks, medication history, and electronic prior authorization.
To compare them, check whether the service is used on its own or embedded in another application, which EHRs already include it, how it handles controlled-substance rules, and what the coverage and prior authorization tools show the prescriber.
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DrFirst is a health IT company in Rockville, Maryland, that builds e-prescribing, controlled substance prescribing, medication history, prior authorization, and prescription price tools that run inside about 270 EHRs and in its own iPrescribe app.
DoseSpot provides electronic prescribing inside healthcare applications, with controlled-substance prescribing, benefit checks, and prior authorization.