I have signed on to eRx from its implementation. Since that time, I am recieving a barrage of e-mail and phone calls asking if I am interested in integrating the eRx component with Allscript's EMR. To me, it seems like a fancy sales gimmick with the stated purpose of "improving patient safety", but with the underlying motive to sell their EMR system.
Also, in our state (Washington), electronic Rx is extremely limited as every vendor, prescriber, and pharmacy must individually and personally present their system to the Board of Pharmacy (which meets quarterly, I believe) and get their approval before implementation. At the rate they are going, it may well be into the next century before we can have electronic billing.
