I would like to second Solodocmom's enthusiasm, as well as one of her wishes. We generally have been very happy with the time saved by erx, and the patients like it. They are impressed by the technology and happy that they can just go by and pick up the prescription without dropping it off first. To me one of the best aspects is reduced duplication; no more writing all the prescriptions and then re-writing to document them in the chart. That is why we do the same as solodocmom and use the program for printing controlled prescriptions.
One of the appropriate goals of EMR's was to reduce errors. This is clearly an area where they achieve that goal.
I do share the wish that the program would document where the prescription went. To do like MMC and re-type that info seems an annoying waste of time, given the technology (though I understand why you do it). Is there really no way to look up this information when we need it? Is it hidden somewhere in those labyrinthian New Crops screens that I am afraid to explore?
