It remains to be seen what e-prescribing will look like when Jon fully implements it. I hope it will have some interaction and eventually pharmacists will be able to check on what prescriptions have been filled at all other pharmacies, regardless of insurance.
What I do think is great is that although it will be very convenient for us - I am friends with one of the pharmacists in our area and the current price for them to accept scrips is currently $1,000 to turn on the service and 0.40 per scrip - that means if I send them 100 per day (just one of the 4 full time docs in our town) it will cost them $40.00 per day. This is just another unfunded mandate from the government, but they have shifted the cost to the pharmacies.
