According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), medication errors cause more than 7,000 deaths per year.

While many believe that prescriptions are a subset or specific kind of physician order, the interest in the healthcare industry surrounding electronic prescribing is so intense that TouchWorks offers electronic prescribing functionality either with or without additional computerized physician order entry (CPOE) features.

TouchWorks includes an ambulatory medication management and prescription automation featuring drug and allergy interaction checking and plan-specific formularies. This e-prescribing functionality helps minimize prescribing errors by ensuring prescription legibility and automatically performing a complete drug utilization review at the point of care, reducing the risk of patient harm. It can also increase the likelihood of insurance plan compliance and reduce the number of pharmacy callbacks, saving time for physicians and support staff. With a Tablet PC or a PDA, physicians can prescribe and route prescriptions directly from anywhere in the clinic. The entire process can be faster than using a script pad—saving time and money for physicians and their patients; and more importantly, saving lives.

• Increases safety
• Reduces pharmacy callbacks
• Increases revenues
• Enhances healthcare decision making
• Streamlines office efficiency