title: E-prescribing: where health information and patient care intersect.
abstract: Medication therapy management can play a key role in the rising costs of healthcare, as it relates to both workflow efficiency and patient safety. E-prescribing allows for prescribing the most medically appropriate and cost effective prescription at the point of care and transmitting the prescription electronically to the patient's choice of pharmacy. E-prescribing can helpeliminate medication errors, improve patient safety, andreduce costs by making the medication therapy management process more efficient.
authors.affiliation: Avera Queen of Paece Health Services, Mitchell, SD, USA.
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sonnenschein
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D054539:Medication Therapy Management; D017751:Safety Management