E-prescribing is gaining popularity as a result of increased productivity, cost savings, medication adherence, and EHR performance improvements

Electronic prescribing refers to the computerised electronic filling, transmission, and delivery of a health-care prescription, as opposed to the old paper and faxed prescriptions. This innovative technology has a number of advantages that make it an appealing option for medical practise. Electronic prescribing, in essence, reduces the time spent on patient care by reducing errors. It also lowers the risk of professional liability for clinicians who prescribe drugs inappropriately or fail to give patients with the information they need to make educated decisions. The various advantages of electronic prescription will be discussed in this essay.

The most significant advantage of E-prescribing is the decrease of errors and the elimination of wasted time. When a patient comes in for physical therapy or a diagnostic test, the physician often writes down the medication's name, code number, and other identifying information on a tablet computer. This data is passed back and forth between the provider and the pharmacy where the service is rendered. If a mistake is made, it is not sent to the office; instead, it is entered into the computer of the next individual who will receive the service. This eliminates mistakes and lost time.

E-prescribing gives health care providers full visibility into all of a patient’s documented allergies and previously prescribed drugs and will trigger clinical alerts if a newly prescribed drug has any potential for negative reactions. Alerts in the system will notify the prescriber of allergies, interactions with other drugs the patient is taking, duplicate therapy, as well as pediatric, pregnancy, and geriatric issues that would preclude a patient from taking a particular drug.

In the ambulatory care context, e-prescribing systems can be integrated into electronic health record (EHR) systems or used as stand-alone systems. Clinical notes, laboratory orders and findings, and clinical decision support (CDS) features are all available in EHR systems, which are not available in stand-alone systems. 8 Providers have access to all patient information, not just prescription information, when e-prescribing is part of an EHR system.The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 proposed that healthcare professionals throughout the United States have access to EHRs and use them meaningfully according to standards set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).