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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

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 ...
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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 ...
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December 17, 20212 min read

Preventing Adverse Drug Events With Accurate Medication Reconciliation

We know these tough truths:
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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 ...
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October 2, 20213 min read

EPCS, PDMP, and CMS Deadlines: Are You Ready?

In this fast-changing regulatory environment, electronic health record (EHR) vendors need ...
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September 21, 20211 min read

Inaccurate, Incomplete Medication History Data Has Big Costs for Hospitals

In a time of electronic health records, e-prescribing, and cloud-based storage, it’s hard ...
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August 3, 20212 min read

Using AI to Clean Up the Dirty Little Secret About Healthcare Interoperability

There’s a dirty little secret about interoperability that healthcare leaders don’t often ...
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June 4, 20213 min read

Guest Post: Better-Informed Physicians Deliver Superior Care to Patients

Twenty years ago, physicians spent time in the hospital dining room discussing shared ...
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April 20, 20213 min read

Protecting the Elderly with Medication Reconciliation

As we age, most people begin to have anything from mild aches and pains to serious ...
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