ePrescribing: Reducing Costs through In-Class Therapeutic Interchange

Conclusion: A therapeutic interchange clinical decision support tool at the point of prescribing resulted in increased compliance with recommendations for outpatient prescriptions while producing substantial cost savings to the Vanderbilt Employee Health Plan– $17.77 per member per year. Therapeutic interchange rules require rational targeting, appropriate governance, and vigilant content updates....
Source: Applied Clinical Informatics - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research