In the coming weeks, CIS 's prescription writing tool will be upgraded to perform ePrescribing (electronic prescribing) in accordance with the federal government's health information technology strategy. By way of CMS incentive programs, Baystate ambulatory practices will reap financial benefit from the implementation of this new technology. From the prescriber's perspective, the process doesn't change all that much. There are a couple of enhancements that, if all goes as planned, will improve the experience of the Prescription Writer. Formulary and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) information will be readily available at the time of writing. What I hope to be even more useful is the new External Rx History. This tool allows you to download all prescribed medications over the last two years regardless of whether the scripts were handwritten, auto-faxed or ePrescribed. As you can imagine, this will help monitor compliance with refills. Even better, you will be able to track for controlled substances. All prescription details, including dates, refills, sig, prescribers, and pharmacies, will be viewable at the point of service.
Eileen Giardina created a fantastic and comprehensive web-based training program that is available on the CIS Info site. Definitely take the time to review this entire module. Because this link is "behind the firewall" and requires you to be logged into the BH network and in order to give you a quick overview of the major enhancements, I've created the following web-based video.
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