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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 8, 20213 min read

How Hospitals Are Using AI to Reduce Medication Errors

The harm caused by medication errors is staggering. According to the U.S. Department of ...
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December 28, 20203 min read

Medication Adherence Strategies – Educating Patients and Decreasing Non-Adherence

This blog is part of a series introducing the concept of the Healthiverse, explaining why ...
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December 1, 20205 min read

PDMP: What Is It?

PDMPs, or prescription drug monitoring programs (sometimes shortened to PMP), were ...
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November 24, 20204 min read

Quality Outcomes Depend on Interoperability

In 2007, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) introduced the Triple Aim as a ...
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October 23, 20203 min read

CMS ADT E-Notification Mandate: 5 Keys to Better Care Coordination

It just makes sense: When a patient is discharged from the hospital or transferred to ...
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October 15, 20204 min read

The CMS ADT Mandate Is Coming. Are You Ready?

Are you ready to share admissions, discharge and transfer (ADT) data with other providers ...
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October 11, 20207 min read

The Healthiverse and EHRs – Partnering on Core Systems Can Increase Innovation and Profitability

This blog is part of a series introducing the concept of the Healthiverse, explaining why ...
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August 31, 20207 min read

The Healthiverse and EHRs – Enabling Interoperability in a Consolidating Healthcare Industry

This blog is part of a series introducing the concept of the Healthiverse, explaining why ...
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August 13, 20207 min read

The Healthiverse and Hospitals – Battling Medication History Misinformation

This blog is part of a series introducing the concept of the Healthiverse, explaining why ...
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