DrFirst Showcases Its 4th Generation Intelligent E-prescribing Mobile App, iPrescribe, with Secure EPCS, PDMP Opioid Visibility and Market-Leading Benefit Check at HIMSS18

LAS VEGAS, NV – HIMSS Conference, Booth #1668 – March 6, 2018 – DrFirst, the market leader in e-prescribing and medication management solutions, will feature its new mobile e-prescribing solution, iPrescribeSM, at HIMSS18, the health information technology industry’s premier annual conference. This newest innovation joins DrFirst’s best-in-class line-up of solutions that help healthcare facilities and providers:

  • Improve first-fill medication adherence
  • Fight opioid abuse with in-workflow decision support tools
  • Increase prescriber efficiency, including working across multiple care provider facilities and EHRs
  • Drive better quality of care and reduce medication errors via improved data visibility

DrFirst will welcome HIMSS18 attendees and demonstrate its unprecedented mobile and desktop healthcare technology tools, as well as share customer successes at booth #1668 during exhibit hours. Additionally, DrFirst looks forward to discussing the future of mobility and compliance in patient engagement, and the need for building transparency into medication management, at the following HIMSS18 events:

  • AMDIS CMIO Survival Guide: Crash Course
    Sunday, March 4, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
    Join us for lunch as DrFirst presents the most important aspects of the physician’s role in fighting the opioid crisis with George Pappas, COO for DrFirst, and Linda Fischer, vice president of product strategy for DrFirst. For more information, visit: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/tab2.aspx?EventID=2118145
  •  HIMSS & SHEIC Health Information Exchange Breakfast
    Tuesday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
    Join the HIMSS HIE Non-Profit Partners and Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHEIC) for a networking breakfast to learn about new and ongoing initiatives, and meet with DrFirst executives as well as other like-minded health IT and medical professionals. For more information, visit: http://www.himssconference.org/session/himss-shiec-health-information-exchange-breakfast
  • HIMSS Exhibition Social Hour
    Wednesday, March 7, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time
    Connect with DrFirst at booth #1668 and enjoy complimentary food and beverages while checking out how DrFirst can help providers improve patient adherence, prevent opioid abuse and streamline medication management with iPrescribe, their newest mobile app.
  • MEDITECH 2018 Customer Appreciation Event
    Wednesday, March 7, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time
    Relax, mix and mingle at Drai’s Beachclub & Nightclub, one of Vegas’ hottest locales, where MEDITECH customers will be the guest of honor! For more information, visit: https://ehr.meditech.com/events/meditech-at-himss18
  • CHIME Forum Focus Group
    Thursday, March 8, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
    Consider thought-provoking insights about the opioid crisis and how CIOs can take a leadership role in the fight against drug addiction with Linda Fischer, vice president of product strategy for DrFirst and former hospital CIO.
  • HIMSS Interoperability Showcase™
    Tuesday-Thursday, March 6-8, during HIMSS18 exhibit hours
    Learn about how a unique partnership between DrFirst, the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services resulted in a new data-sharing model that collects prescribing data on ALL prescriptions. The collaboration has made prescribing data available to all Nebraska providers through NeHII and the Nebraska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) to enhance patient safety and help combat the abuse of opioids. Discover how providers and pharmacists can now get a more complete picture of a patient’s medication history, enabling them to address opioid or other drug abuse in the overall context of the patient’s care plan.

 

For more information on DrFirst’s medication history tools, secure communications, intelligent mobile medication management and prescription drug price transparency, visit: https://go.drfirst.com/himss-18.

About DrFirst
DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, enables stakeholders across the healthcare industry to use comprehensive real-time data and connectivity intelligently to increase their patient safety ratings, efficiency and profitability. Today, more than 170,000 healthcare professionals and over 60% of electronic health record (EHR) vendors depend on DrFirst’s innovative software solutions to improve clinical workflows, expedite secure collaboration across a patient’s care team and drive better health outcomes. The company’s integrated technologies include its award-winning electronic prescribing platform, the most comprehensive medication history available, clinically specialized secure messaging, as well as patient medication adherence monitoring and benefits checking. In addition, DrFirst was the first to offer e-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) and is considered the industry standard for providers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.drfirst.com or connect with us @DrFirst.

 

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