Benefits of e-Prescribing

Four million prescriptions have been lost or damaged by Canadians.
This comes at a cost.

874,000 prescriptions were ripped or torn

88,000 prescriptions were eaten by dogs

140,000 prescriptions were claimed by puddles

415,000 took a spin in a washing machine

The Cost of Lost Prescriptions

700,000 Canadians decided to go without a prescription

Nearly 1.7 million Canadians returned to their doctor for a new prescription

Medication non-adherence can lead to adverse events. It also increases costs to the health care system. According to a World Health Organization report, medication non-adherence accounts for five per cent of Canadian hospital admissions and five per cent of physician visits, resulting in an additional $4 billion in health care costs annually.

Returning to the doctor’s office for a refill is also costly — to the tune of $35 million in lost productivity, travel and other costs.

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Benefits of e-Prescribing

• Fewer medication-related errors
• Less risk of losing prescriptions
• Lower risk of privacy breaches due to fax transmissions issues
• Improved understanding of prescribing in Canada through health care analytics to deliver better health outcomes for all Canadians
• Patients pharmacy of choice assured
• Less prescription fraud and less potential for abuse of prescriptions

The PrescribeIT^® Advantage

PrescribeIT^® is the only national, not-for-profit e-prescribing service that enhances medication safety and protects patient privacy.

• Seamlessly integrates with existing electronic medical records (EMR) and pharmacy management systems (PMS)
• Integrates with jurisdictional assets such as drug information systems (DIS), drug formularies and registries
• Was developed with input from community prescribers, pharmacies, provincial and territorial governments and regulators
• Is committed to protecting an influence free dispensing and prescribing environment
• Safeguards prescription data from commercial use
• Was developed using non-repayable funding grants from Health Canada to offset the setup costs of the service