Summary
Electronic prescribing cuts the potential for errors in transcription, drug interactions andlost prescriptions.
Analysis
While there is a learning curve, like any new technology, and it takes some time to get as fast electronically as on paper, this ignores the other positives--no wasted time calling prescriptions to the pharmacy, no calls from pharmacists about illegible handwriting or nonexistent drug strengths and forms, and the ability to do refills quickly and easily. Plus one can generate a paper record to file in the patient's chart, which is another good practice. It's not an EMR, but it's also a heck of a lot cheaper.
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