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Electronic prescribing allows prescribers to electronically send prescriptions directly to pharmacies rather than physically writing a prescription.
The primary goal of e-prescribing is to improve prescription accuracy and patient safety by reducing medication errors, but e-prescriptions has also been found to streamline care, saving healthcare providers, organizations, and consumers time and money.
Since 2003, e-prescribing has been an important focus of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the practice has since expanded as technology has advanced. The 2003 Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) included e-prescribing as a means of enhancing patient safety, requiring all prescription drug plans participating in Medicare to support it by 2009. In 2006, the Institute of Medicine Report emphasized the role of e-prescribing in reducing medication errors.
Now, as the electronic health record (EHR) has become commonplace across healthcare plans and organizations, e-prescribing is a standard of practice across healthcare fields, including mental health. Some states and pharmacy companies now require e-prescriptions.
