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  • Blog post: Early PrescribeIT® Adopter Talks Benefits to Clinic Workflow, Staff and Patients

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    Infoway’s Rashaad Bhyat recently spoke with PrescribeIT early adopter Dr. Neil Naik to hear about his experience using the service in his practice. Learn how PrescribeIT has improved Dr. Naik’s workflow and freed up more time to spend with his patients.

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  • Blog post: Emboldening Meaningful Use of EMRs in Canada

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    It is generally assumed that as Canadian physicians gain more experience using EMRs, the more likely they are to integrate the use of more/multiple functionalities. However, findings from our recent survey suggest there isn’t a strong link between...

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  • Blog post: EMRs Have Paved the Way for True e-Prescribing, Improving Patient Safety

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    PrescribeIT™ will bring prescribing and prescriber-pharmacy communication into the 21st century, while simultaneously enhancing the security of patient prescription information.

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  • Blog Post: How do I…Onboard with PrescribeIT? (For Pharmacists)

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    PrescribeIT® is designed to seamlessly integrate into your pharmacy management system, increasing efficiencies, improving communication with prescribers and enabling you to dispense with confidence. Get on the leading edge of health care...

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  • Blog Post: How do I…Onboard with PrescribeIT? (For Prescribers)

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    PrescribeIT® is Canada’s national e-prescribing service, enabling prescribers to digitally send prescription data directly to a patient’s pharmacy of choice. In this occasional blog series, we’ll explore some of PrescribeIT’s features and...

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  • Blog Post: How e-Prescriptions Can Help Reduce Risk in Opioid Prescribing

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    Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge in opioid-related overdoses continues across Canada. To maximize the benefits of controlled medications, while minimizing the risks associated with their use, we need to be able to track their journeys through...

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  • Blog Post: How e‑Prescribing Impacted a Nurse Practitioner’s Workflow

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    In a busy clinic, small tasks add up quickly. Nurse practitioner Christine Fitchett knows the importance of efficient workflows in a fast-paced environment. In our latest blog post, she tells us how e-prescribing with PrescribeIT® has impacted her...

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  • Blog Post: How to Find PrescribeIT Near You

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    In a recent Infoway study, 80 per cent of respondents were interested in having their health provider send a prescription directly to their pharmacy, without receiving a paper prescription. With 40 per cent of primary care visits now occurring...

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  • Blog Post: Improving Services through Customer Centricity

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    Customer centricity means working in a way that focuses first on providing a positive customer experience. In our latest blog post, we meet the PrescribeIT® Product Excellence team, responsible for end-to-end product and workflow excellence. Read on to...

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  • Blog post: Introducing Standardizations to Pharmacy Workflows Could Benefit Patients, Pharmacy Staff

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    Pharmacies can learn from other industries by introducing some standardizations to pharmacy workflows at the beginning of the prescription process through PrescribeIT™.

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  • Blog post: It’s Time for Digital Tools to Change the Face of Health Care

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    It’s imperative for practicing physicians to focus their day-to-day effort on providing quality care to patients. Learn how e-prescribing through PrescribeIT® can help physicians cut down on time-consuming paperwork and spend more time where...

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  • Blog Post: Medication Non-adherence: Exploring the Tension Between Patient Safety and Patient Autonomy

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    Roughly 30 per cent of prescriptions generated by prescribers for their patients go unfilled, which could result in the worsening of a patient’s condition. If prescribers were to receive notifications when a prescription goes unfilled, does this...

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  • Blog Post: Modernizing Prescribing Practices to Improve Patient Care

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    In our digital world, it’s time to leave behind handwritten prescriptions. e-Prescribing enables prescribers to send a prescription electronically to a patient’s pharmacy of choice, resulting in a safer, more convenient experience for patients and...

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  • Blog Post: Must-Haves in Workflow Excellence

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    In our latest blog post, Seema Nayani explores aspects of clinical systems that are essential to enhancing workflow excellence and clinicians’ decreasing stress factors. Learn which features help clinicians feel confident that their system considers...

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  • Blog Post: Pharmacy Awareness Month: How We Can Support Pharmacists Through Effective Technology

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    March is Pharmacy Awareness Month, a yearly national campaign to celebrate pharmacists and their contributions to Canada’s health system. This year, the event’s focus is shifting from “awareness” to “appreciation,” to better reflect pharmacists’ vital...

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  • Blog Post: Prescribing Excellence at the Virtual Infoway Partnership Series

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    We are in a new era of virtual learning. The next session in our Virtual Infoway Partnership Series takes place on October 19, with the theme Prescribing Excellence. With more than half of all patient visits to their care providers resulting in a...

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  • Blog Post: Reporting from the National PrescribeIT Policy and Priorities Table

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    The PrescribeIT® Policy and Priorities Table brings together a broad group of stakeholders to discuss where e-prescribing should go, convening many voices around the same table.

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  • Blog Post: Safeguarding Canadians’ Health Information through e-Prescribing

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    Cyber attacks that affect the integrity of health care hit Canadians where it hurts most. That is why it is more critical than ever for prescribers, pharmacists and patients to choose trusted providers within the digital care space that prioritize...

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  • Blog Post: Supporting Patients’ Digital Health Literacy

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    Physical distancing, social circles, contact tracing, R0 numbers…over the past few months, we’ve adapted quickly to a wide range of new terms and concepts in order to stay healthy. For many Canadians, this information is largely new — read our latest...

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  • Blog post: The Unintended Consequences of Health Care Advances

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    While technological advances in health care have improved our lives, there can be unintended consequences for the health system. Read the latest blog post by Dr. Rashaad Bhyat to learn more about the impact of new technologies on physicians and how...

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