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AHRQ Toolset Can Assist Pharmacies Implementing or Already Using e-Prescribing
A new toolset released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) can assist independent pharmacies with the implementation of e-prescribing and may also provide useful guidance to those pharmacies already using e-prescribing. The toolset for independent pharmacies consists of seven chapters that provide guidance on topics ranging from planning the implementation process and launching the system, to troubleshooting common problems and moving into more advanced pharmacy services, states AHRQ. Flyers for use in communicating the launch to patients, templates for communicating with providers about the launch, tools for assessing pharmacy workflow, and a spreadsheet to determine return-on-investment, among other tools, are also available to pharmacies.
Teresa Zayas-Caban, AHRQ's senior health IT manager, told InformationWeek Healthcare that the toolset "can help both the practices and the remaining pharmacies that haven't yet implemented e-prescribing and are thinking about how they can go about doing that. For the ones that have started e-prescribing, and are encountering challenges in getting the process completely worked out, we have some tools and suggestions for how to understand what may be working well and what may be not and how to better achieve the goals they want to achieve by using e-prescribing." AHRQ also released a toolset designed to assist physician offices with the implementation of e-prescribing.
