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‘A Real Cap on Innovation’—DrFirst CEO on Reinventing E-Prescribing
DrFirst
June 13, 2025
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In a wide-ranging, curtain-lifting conversation, DrFirst CEO G. Cameron Deemer tells HIStalk about the cracks in the original e-prescribing model that are beginning to show after 20 years—and what we’re doing about it.
From stories about patent trolls and the birth of SCRIPT standards to bold takes on AI and patient engagement, this Q&A is full of moments that might surprise you.
- On the current approach: “A prescription is a clinical order, not a financial instrument.”
- On machine learning: “We definitely don’t believe that just slapping a chatbot on top of our existing stuff counts as AI."
- On patient engagement: “It doesn’t matter to us so much what other models are being built right now. We are more interested in what’s the right way to handle the situation."
Find out more by reading the full Q&A on HIStalk, and add your comment.
DrFirst
Since 2000, healthcare IT pioneer DrFirst has empowered providers and patients to achieve better health through intelligent medication management. We improve healthcare efficiency and effectiveness by enhancing e-prescribing workflows, improving medication history, optimizing clinical data usability, and helping patients start and stay on therapy. In the last few years, DrFirst has won over 25 awards for excellence and innovation, including winning Gold in the prestigious Edison Awards in 2023, recognizing our game-changing use of AI to streamline time-consuming healthcare workflows and prevent medication errors. Our solutions are used by more than 350,000 prescribers, 71,000 pharmacies, 270 EHRs and health information systems, and over 2,000 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more, visit DrFirst.com and follow @DrFirst.
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