Over the past couple of years, EPCS – the electronic prescribing of controlled substances – has increased dramatically. This has potential benefits for both patients and health care system costs.
Now, thanks to health information technology tools, patients in nearly all 50 states can have their medications prescribed electronically. Electronic prescribing also has the potential to reduce costs to the overall health care system by curbing drug diversions (theft) of controlled substances. According to the HHS Inspector General, … Continue reading The Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances is on the rise