National Patient Safety Initiative to Provide Free Electronic Prescribing

A coalition of the nation’s most prominent technology companies and leading health care organizations have launched a national initiative to provide free electronic prescribing for every physician in the United States. The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) is designed to improve patient safety by offering a solution to medication errors that harm millions of people each year.

According to NEPSI, fewer than one in five of the nation’s practicing physicians currently process prescriptions electronically. Studies indicate that most physicians have been reluctant to adopt electronic prescribing largely because of the cost of the systems, and a perception that the technology requires too much time to learn and install. NEPSI is addressing these potential barriers by providing physicians simple, safe and secure electronic prescribing at no cost.

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