Spring 2009

Availity CarePrescribe adds new patient safety feature

Availity¹ has made its easy-to-use electronic prescribing solution better than ever by offering a new capability to further improve patient safety.

Availity^® CarePrescribe^SM delivers real-time prescribing information at the point of care. In addition to sending prescriptions electronically to a patient’s pharmacy of choice, physicians can use CarePrescribe to check a patient’s medication history, lower-cost alternative options, and real-time drug-to-drug and drug-allergy interactions.

Now, with CarePrescribe’s latest enhancement, providers can add patient-reported medication to the patient history—whether over-the-counter medications or samples dispensed at a provider’s office—information that can be critical when writing a prescription.

Not only can patient-reported medications now be included in the drug-to-drug interaction check, but patient safety is further improved by a check for duplicate therapies and validation of the appropriate therapy based on patient demographics, such as age and gender.

For more information about CarePrescribe, visit Availity’s website at www.availity.com, or call (800) AVAILITY (282-4548).