How do electronic prescribing applications that are certified to connect to the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated by SureScripts, differ from other electronic prescribing applications?
Many electronic prescribing applications are connected to pharmacies by fax and these systems provide no ability for pharmacies to send renewal authorization requests directly to physician practice computers. Therefore they cannot help to ease the burden of time consuming telephone and fax transmissions currently associated with these requests. Electronic prescribing applications that are certified by SureScripts have true electronic connectivity to the nation’s chain and independent community pharmacies. This allows new prescription orders and renewal authorizations to be sent directly between the computers in your practice to the computers at your local pharmacies. Automating the renewal authorization process offers the potential for significant time savings at the physician practice as time spent managing these requests via phone or fax is minimized.
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