ePrescribing Industry Information

ePrescribing Fact Sheet
This document contains general information about electronic prescribing, who is involved in electronic prescribing, standards, reference material from the industry.

Industry Initiatives
The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) is a joint project of dedicated organizations that each play a unique role in resolving the current crisis in preventable medication errors.

The Center for Improving Medication Management is a collaborative forum that establishes project specific priorities to demonstrate the value of pharmacy interoperability with both patients and physicians for the purpose of improving the medication management process.

White Papers, Reports
National Progress Report on E-Prescribing

Industry Reports

Resources
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Resources

eHI Resources for Payers, Consumers

Learn about electronic prescriptions

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) incentive program for electronic prescribers

NCPDP ePrescribing Standards 101

How to Get Involved
NCPDP's Work Groups
The Work Groups are the place where all of the electronic standards for transmission of pharmacy industry data are created and modified. The Work Groups meet quarterly to discuss issues critical to pharmacy industry standards.

WG11 ePrescribing & Related Transactions develops standardized messages for prescribers, pharmacists, payers and/or other interested parties to exchange information.

WG14 Long Term Care, in conjunction with the other Work Groups, guides and advises payers, processors, and providers of the long term care industry and institutional pharmacy programs and their agents on standards implementation, supports data processing initiatives, and provides design alternatives for standards used within the long term care industry.

Become a Member
http://www.ncpdp.org/about_benefits.aspx

NCPDP's Task Groups
The Work Groups, in order to complete work projects, will create Task Groups with appointed designated Task Group Leaders. Work by the Task Groups are accomplished between Joint Technical Work Group (JTWG) meetings via conference calls/emails and reported back to the controlling Work Group at the next JTWG meeting. Since Task Groups have no voting privileges, non-NCPDP members may participate and subject matter experts from companies are most welcome to join in the calls and in the creation of the work product. NCPDP Task Group information is available at http://www.ncpdp.org/about_taskgroup.aspx