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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.

Blog Post by DrFirst

March 17, 20222 min read

Partnerships Are the Key to Clean Data Migrations

Unstructured, incomplete clinical data is the enemy of value-based care and impedes ...

March 9, 20222 min read

Game-Changing Pharmacy Solution Recognized as Edison Awards Finalist

In honor of the 175th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s birthday, the Edison Awards™ is ...

March 8, 20223 min read

Guest Post: Serving Up Complete Medication History Data

Imagine you’re hungry and craving pizza. You go to your favorite Italian restaurant, but ...

March 8, 20223 min read

Guest Post: When Medication Data Gets Stuck, Patient Safety Suffers

If you work with or use healthcare data, you probably have a negative reaction to the ...

February 23, 2022< 1 min read

Using Technology to Combat Front-Line Fatigue in the Pharmacy

“The biggest challenge for pharmacists is time,” says Heidi Polek, RPh, Strategic Program ...

February 15, 20224 min read

Guest post: Making E-Prescribing Safer for Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment Providers and Patients

As if the coronavirus pandemic weren’t challenging enough, the resulting social ...

January 6, 2022< 1 min read

Podcast: Becker’s Talks Medication Management with Colin Banas, M.D.

Scott Becker, Publisher and Founder of Becker’s Hospital Review, kicks off 2022 by ...

December 17, 20212 min read

Preventing Adverse Drug Events With Accurate Medication Reconciliation

We know these tough truths:

October 20, 20212 min read

Drug Store News Honors Outstanding Pharmacists

Pharmacists are on a lot of “most” lists. They are recognized as the most accessible ...