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Canada Health Infoway is working with Health Canada, the provinces and territories, and industry stakeholders to operate and maintain a national e-prescribing service known as PrescribeIT®.

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Reducing Prescription Fraud and Misuse through e-Prescribing

Dr. Rashaad Bhyat explains how e-prescribing improves drug safety and reduces fraudulent and inappropriate use of prescription drugs.

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Why Canadians Prefer e-Prescribing Through PrescribeIT

Read about our recent survey results, which highlight the positive impact that PrescribeIT has had for patients, prescribers and pharmacists.

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Modernizing Health care: A Timeline of PrescribeIT’s Success

Learn more about PrescribeIT’s recent growth and key milestones we’ve achieved to move closer to fulfilling our vision of providing safer and more effective medication management to all Canadians, prescribers, and pharmacies.

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Modernizing Collaboration

Technology has changed most forms of communication. So why are you still using a fax machine? PrescribeIT® replaces missed phone calls and stray faxes with clinical communication — straight from your electronic medical record or pharmacy management system.

 

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Peace of Mind

PrescribeIT® is the peace of mind of knowing your prescription is transmitted electronically directly from your doctor’s electronic medical record (EMR) to your pharmacy’s management system, increasing medication safety.

 

Seamless Integration

PrescribeIT® seamlessly integrates with existing EMRs and pharmacy management systems.

Fewer Medication-related Errors

PrescribeIT® reduces the need to transcribe handwritten, emailed and auto-faxed prescriptions.

Patient Choice of Pharmacy

Patients direct prescriptions to the pharmacy of their choice.

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Latest News

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First Nations Health Social Secretariat of Manitoba Introduces PrescribeIT e-Prescribing for Enhanced Health Care Delivery

July 25, 2023 (TORONTO) - The First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM), Mustimuhw Information Solutions Inc. (Mustimuhw) and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) proudly announce the launch of PrescribeIT® at Sagkeeng Health Centre in Manitoba.

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MEDITECH and PrescribeIT to Enable Electronic Prescribing in Expanse EHR Within Canada

May 25, 2023 (CANTON, MA) — MEDITECH today announced they executed an agreement with Canada Health Infoway in April 2023 to connect with PrescribeIT®, a national e-prescribing service. This will enable prescribers in Canada to electronically transmit a prescription directly from the Expanse EHR to the patient’s pharmacy of choice.

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The Ottawa Hospital is the first hospital in Canada to use PrescribeIT

May 16, 2023 (TORONTO) — Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) are pleased to share that TOH is the first hospital in Canada to launch PrescribeIT® through its Health Information System (HIS), making it available to approximately 2,500 prescribers.

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