Electronic prescribing, as defined by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), has two parts:
Part 1: Two way [electronic] communication between physicians and pharmacies involving new prescriptions, refill authorizations, change requests, cancel prescriptions, and prescription fill messages to track patient compliance. Electronic Prescribing is not Faxing or printing paper prescriptions. ePrescribing is the ability of a physician to submit a "clean" prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point of care.
Part 2: Potential for information sharing with other health care partners including eligibility/formulary information and medication History
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