Canada’s Electronic Prescription Service

Canadians
- Information about e-prescribing and the benefits of PrescribeIT™ for Canadians
  1. Information about e-prescribing and the benefits of PrescribeIT™ for Canadians
- Canadians : Overview
Prescribers
- Information and resources for doctors, nurse practitioners, other prescribers and medical clinic staff
  1. Information and resources for doctors, nurse practitioners, other prescribers and medical clinic staff
- Prescribers : Overview
Pharmacies
- Information and resources for pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy staff
  1. Information and resources for pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy staff
- Pharmacies : Overview
Industry
- Information and resources for EMR and PMS vendors
  1. Information and resources for electronic medical record and pharmacy management systems vendors
- EMR Providers
- PMS Providers
Jurisdictions
- Information on the benefits of e-prescribing for your province or territory
  1. Information on the benefits of e-prescribing for your province or territory
- Jurisdictions : Overview
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Canada’s e-Prescribing Service

PrescribeIT^TM is Canada’s answer to the safe, secure transmission of prescriptions.

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Canada’s Action Plan

PrescribeIT^TM is part of Health Canada's Action on Opioid Misuse

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E-PRESCRIBING
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Taking Action

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^TM.

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Improving Patient Safety

Huntsville the Site of PrescribeIT’s First e-Prescription

Medication prescriptions have taken a significant step forward in security and convenience for patients with the launch of PrescribeIT™ in Huntsville, Ontario on August 30. The multi-jurisdiction e-prescribing service will launch in additional communities in Ontario in the coming weeks.

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Canadians

Increase Convenience and Safety

e-Prescribing is the convenience of having your prescription arrive at the pharmacy before you do and the security of knowing it’s legible through the elimination of handwritten prescriptions.

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Prescribers

Safer Prescribing with Little Workflow Disruption

PrescribeIT^TM is as easy to use as printing prescriptions from your computer, but more secure and safer for patients. It’s integrated into EMR systems, which means there’s little change to medical clinic workflows.

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Pharmacies

Reduce Transcription Errors

PrescribeIT^TM will help reduce transcription time and dispensing errors while giving pharmacists more time to spend with customers.

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EMR Providers

Enable Secure Messaging Between Clinicians

PrescribeIT^TM enables electronic medical record users to seamlessly transmit prescriptions to pharmacies without requiring changes to their workflow. It also replaces fax and phone calls with secure messaging.

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Pharmacy System Providers

Eliminate the Need for Entering Prescriptions

Pharmacy management systems (PMS) that are PrescribeIT^TM allow pharmacists to automatically receive prescriptions, eliminating the need for transcribing handwritten and auto-faxed prescriptions.

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