MedCity News April 1, 2025
By integrating industry standards into e-prescribing software, prescribing organizations can reduce errors to improve patient outcomes and lessen the burden of medication-related errors on healthcare systems. Here’s a look at the new National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Sig Standard aimed at improving prescription accuracy.
1.5 million people are affected by medication errors each year, posing a significant risk to patients’ safety and increasing healthcare costs. While providers do everything in their power to prevent medication errors, interoperability and lack of visibility into a patient’s medication history can cause serious challenges.
Prescribing medication is a multi-step process and mistakes can be made at any point during prescribing, dispensing, or administering drugs. Human error, such as miscommunication, data entry mistakes,...
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