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Electronic prescribing: Building momentum Accelerate deployment in rural counties

Electronic prescribing: Building momentum Accelerate deployment in rural counties Original counties Barriers Benefits Additional counties Improve healthcare quality and patient safety.

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Electronic prescribing: Building momentum Accelerate deployment in rural counties

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  1. Electronic prescribing: • Building momentum • Accelerate deployment in rural counties • Original counties • Barriers • Benefits • Additional counties • Improve healthcare quality and patient safety

  2. “We believe the lessons learned from this pilot project can be used to exhibit the advantages of technology in medical care and allow for greater acceptance among the provider community. The awarding of the grant adds to the momentum seen in the past years by the eHealth advisory council, a public-private collaboration of health care executives in Tennessee.” Brent Antony, TennCare Chief Information Officer

  3. “The grant will allow us to provide the right infrastructure, equipment and application to accelerate the deployment in rural counties.” Antoine Agassi, eHealth Advisory Council Chairman

  4. Ten original counties selected for participation.

  5. BARRIERS: • Expense • Access • Staffing

  6. BENEFITS: • Free • Secure • Simple • Smart • Safe

  7. Fourteen counties selected for participation.

  8. “Electronic prescribing can be an important tool for health care providers by increasing access to information on drugs that have been ordered by other prescribers and by making drug formulary information readily available. In addition, electronic prescribing reduces the potential for errors associated with interpreting doctor’s handwritten prescriptions and provide real-time information on dangerous drug interactions. These benefits hold the potential to improve health care quality and represent a significant advancement in the area of patient safety.” Wendy Long, MD, MPH, TennCare Chief Medical Officer

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