E-Prescribing With Decision Support Led To Better Medication Adherence

After prescribers adopted e-prescribing technology with a decision support function, a greater proportion of prescribers selected 90-day prescriptions rather than shorter supply prescriptions for medications needed for chronic condition management. E-prescribing technology with decision support alerts the prescriber about safety issues with a selected medication and about recommended quantity options for certain health conditions, and allows the prescriber to make changes before transmitting the prescription to the consumer’s pharmacy.

Longer supply prescriptions are linked to increased consumer medication adherence, in terms of initial first fills and subsequent refills. The proportion of consumers who filled the prescription . . .