Software Overview and Demonstration
Jan 12, 2015
Software Overview and Demonstration
Physician Consulting Groups & Physician Dispensing Why more consultants are turning to physician dispensing
Physician groups all over the country are witnessing firsthand the many benefits that arise when state of the art technologies collide with the world of Healthcare. Physician dispensing is just one of those benefits and like the others, strives to provide increased patient satisfaction, improved patient compliance, and capture streams of revenue that were at once walking right out the front door.
MEDeRx offers a physician dispensing platform that allows physician groups to dispense directly to the patient from the point of care. No longer does a patient have to travel to a pharmacy to obtain medications. MEDeRx uses a free web based software program that allows physician groups to complete the cycle of care and send their patients home with the prescribed course of therapy.
Please take a few minutes to review the next slides that will help answer the questions: What is physician dispensing and how can it benefit our group? Regards,
Cory BuscherVice President, Sales
MEDeRx™ Web Based Software
Increase productivity and ensure medication safety with the most complete and efficient in-office dispensing solution available.
MEDeRx™ provides a point-of-care dispensing solution for unit-of-use medications. Applying innovative technology, MEDeRx™ enables physicians and approved staff members to provide patients with medications quickly and safely at the point-of-care.
MEDeRx™ delivers maximum flexibility to meet your dispensing needs.
Utilizing bar-code technology, MEDeRx™ verifies the prescribed medication for each bottle dispensed. Once verified, a patient-specific label, DUR, and education sheet are created. MEDeRx™ provides complete tracking of inventory and all data associated with dispensing including physician name, patient name, medication, and dispensing facility.
One Doctor. One Patient.
One Complete Way To Provide Better Care
The Dispensing Process
Select the Patient-Enter Information Manually-Swipe a Drivers License or Credit Card-Imported from Practice Management
Software
Select the Medication(s)-Scan the Barcode on the Bottle
Perform the DUR (Optional)-Drug/Drug Interaction-Drug/Allergy Contraindications-Drug Over-Utilization-Physician Override Required
Print the Label
The average dispense can be completed in less than 30 seconds
The Prescription Label
Bottle Label
Chart Label
Patient Counseling Form
Medication/Lot NumberPatient Information
Duplicate Receipts
Patient Information Sheet
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Ease of Use - The average dispense can be processed in less than 30 seconds.
Detailed Management, Utilization and Financial Reporting
Refill Monitoring and Automated Patient Sequencing
Full Scale Drug Utilization Review (Drug/Drug, Drug/Allergy, and Drug Too
Soon)
Encrypted Offsite Data Backup and Recovery
Multi-Repackager Ordering Capability, Automated Inventory Reorder and
Product Expiration Alerts
Electronic NCPDP 5.1 Claims Submission Capability
Electronic State Scheduled Drug Reporting (PDMP)
Site-level Customization (Including User Security Levels, Product Sigs, Reorder
Quantities, and Cash-pay Collection Amounts)
HL-7 Data Interface and Data Exchange Capability
The MEDeRxTM Advantage
MEDeRxTM Program Features
Convenient – Patients will no longer have to travel and wait for their
prescriptions to be filled.
Efficient – Less physician and staff time will be devoted to non-revenue
producing activities such as pharmacy call backs, clarifications, and
formulary substitutions
Affordable – Prescriptions can be filled at competitive prices.
Immediate Treatment – Especially important for patients requiring antibiotics
or pain relief.
Improved Patient Compliance – Half of the 2 billion prescriptions filled each
year are taken incorrectly: Physician Dispensing increases the likelihood
that the patient will fill and complete the prescribed course of therapy.
Program Marketing Support
MEDeRxTM Program Training
The Typical In-Office Installation and Staff Training Takes Less Than One Hour
Only About 20 Minutes is Required for Staff Training
Formulary Development and Support
Workers’ Compensation EDI Support
Online and Continuing Education/Training Available
Regional Manager Account Support
24 Hour Technical Support
Dedicated Client Service Personnel
On-Call Pharmacist
MEDeRxTM - A Common Sense Solution
The average physician spends up to 60 minutes a day dealing with pharmaceutical issues for no revenue. For every three physicians, there is usually one employee dealing exclusively with pharmaceutical issues. This employee is often a nurse whose salary and benefits may reach $100,000 annually.
-Noffsinger R, Chin S. Improving the delivery of care and reducing healthcare costs with the digitization of information. Healthcare Information Mgmt, 2000
American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines do not preclude office dispensing as long as state and federal regulatory requirements are fulfilled, the doctor prescribes only to his/her patients and allows them to fill prescriptions where they want.
-American Medical Association Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs 8.06
Physician drug-dispensing’s impact on revenues reveals a different and unfamiliar dynamic. Dispensing oral medications is not a high-margin business. The net revenue generated depends on the number of scripts filled. The impact that low-volume, high-margin drugs have on profitability is nominal in comparison to high- volume, low-margin generic medications. Revenue generation depends more on the process (volume) than price (profit).