Sprint Provides Free, Customized Smartphones for the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative
Posted by gasusan2005 on 07/24/07 in Smart Phones, Sprint
Studies indicate that a key barrier to the adoption of electronic prescribing is the reluctance of physicians to change their workflow of pulling out a prescription pad and handing patients a paper prescription. Through a new initiative launched by Sprint and Allscripts, physicians now have the option to use a Sprint smartphone to generate electronic prescriptions, without physically leaving the examroom.
As part of this new initiative, Sprint will donate a customized PCS Vision Smart Device PPC-6700 to 1,000 licensed prescribers who register for the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative and
activate NEPSI’s Web-based eRx NOW electronic prescribing software before September 15, 2007. Recipients of the smartphone will also benefit from a 15 percent discount on the required Sprint two-year voice and data plans.
“Physicians are a mobile workforce and they need tools that let them function without being restricted to a desk and computer,” said Bill Montgomery, national director of healthcare for Sprint. “The ability to ePrescribe through a customized Sprint smartphone will allow physicians to increase their workflow substantially and enhance their productivity while reducing errors, resulting in improved patient care.”
Allscripts and Sprint are making it even simpler for physicians to electronically prescribe by embedding a “smart e-button” directly onto the phone’s screen, allowing prescribers to launch directly into the eRx NOW application with one touch. The PPC-6700 includes Windows Mobile 5.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and broadband-like speed capability.
Physicians who are interested in taking advantage of this offer can visit NEPSI to register for the program.
Source: Allscripts
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