E-Prescribing
Integrated workflows ease staff burden and satisfy regulatory mandates.
Sometimes, a date is just a number on a calendar.
But for DrFirst, our anniversary means so much more.
That’s because we were founded at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000—a moment chosen by our founder, James Chen, to symbolize our bold vision for the future. Little did we know the profound impact we would have on healthcare.
Today, we’re proud to shape the medication journey for over 100 million patients a year—and growing every day. We are:
- Trusted by 420,000 prescribers, 2,000 hospitals and health systems, 270 EHRs, and 71,000 pharmacies
- Honored with 32 patents and 50+ awards, including the prestigious Gold Edison Award for Innovation
None of this would have been possible without our extraordinary partners, customers, and staff. Together, we’ve spent 25 years driving innovation to improve medication outcomes for everyone.
“First” is not just in our name. It’s in our DNA!
We were the first to:
- Integrate e-prescribing into a major health system.
- Develop the technology for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS).1
- Send an EPCS prescription.
- Create a bulk identity-proofing process for EPCS in hospitals.
- Enable simultaneous sending of a starter prescription to a local pharmacy and the balance to mail-order.
- Launch a real-time benefit check tool.2
- Deliver real-time prescription cost information in a patient-engagement solution.
- Patent and use clinical-grade AI to transform free-text medication instructions into structured, actionable data.
- Offer a one-stop solution to check any state’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), within the EHR workflow.
- Deploy an AI-powered alert system to protect pharmacies from prescription fraud.
- Introduce an integrated, unified system for streamlining prior authorization across medical and pharmacy benefits.
- Include a one-touch dialer within an e-prescribing system.
- Build a prescription orchestration platform for clinical collaboration and efficient workflows, managing complex processes (including for specialty medications), eliminating fraudulent prescriptions, and fostering innovation.
1 In partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Health
2 In partnership with Humana
The Journey Ahead
Looking back on these 25 years, we are more energized than ever to continue leading the way in healthcare innovation.
Thank you for being part of the journey. Here’s to the next 25 years!