40 per cent of primary care visits are now virtual, and Canadians want virtual prescriptions to go with them. In a recent Infoway study, 65 per cent of respondents would prefer a virtual visit over in-person visits for a prescription renewal. But it’s not just changing preferences. Behaviours are changing as well, with 29 per cent of respondents reporting that they had a prescription renewed after their last virtual visit.
e-Prescribing supports virtual visits by sending prescription data directly from a prescriber’s electronic medical record to the pharmacy management system of a patient’s pharmacy of choice. No handwritten prescriptions, no dropped faxes and no need for patients to supplement their virtual visits with an in-person encounter.
With the PrescribeIT® Learning Centre, you can upgrade your practice and join other clinicians on the leading edge of health care delivery. Through eight online education modules, you can learn how e-prescribing transforms collaboration between prescribers and pharmacists, simplifies prescription renewals and reduces the risk of forged, diverted and misused prescriptions.
With PrescribeIT®, clinicians can modernize their prescribing practices and fully leverage the new opportunities for care delivery within our evolving health system. Sign up here and learn more about a new era for prescribing.
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