DrFirst, an e-prescribing and medication management solutions company, announced the launch of iPrescribeSM, a mobile app that allows physicians to prescribe legend drugs and controlled substances while complying with state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirements.
iPrescribe is a mobile solution to optimize access to all the necessary tools physicians need to manage patients’ medications and drive adherence in one convenient app. The app can be used with most ambulatory and acute EHRs, and all prescriptions enabled via iPrescribe are automatically updated to patients’ medication histories ensuring a consistent patient record across any EHR system.
The iPrescribe app offers user-friendly design with robust functionality that equips physicians to address the most demanding challenges they face today, including:
- Over-Prescribing of Opioids: Opioid addiction claims 115 lives and sends more than 1,000 people to emergency rooms daily in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control. iPrescribe allows physicians to make more informed care decisions with in-workflow access to the patient’s opioid prescription history.
- Patient Medication Non-Adherence: About 25% of new prescriptions go unfilled by patients due to increasing drug costs. iPrescribe gives providers the ability to see patient-specific drug prices during the visit, thus increasing transparency with the patients, and greater patient engagement for decision making. This can result in significant patient savings.
- Time Savings: Using a single prescribing workflow for legend drugs and controlled substances with PDMP access made the prescribing process three times faster for providers using iPrescribe.
- Compliance: As more states mandate e-prescribing, electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), and PDMP queries, the burden of compliance has become increasingly cumbersome for providers. iPrescribe helps providers adapt to these changes by streamlining the process.
The iPrescribe app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
