Peer Perspectives

Dave Feeney, R. Ph.
Oxnard Pharmacy
Warwick, RI

• Total number of employees: 26
• Number of new prescriptions processed per day in the pharmacy: 150
• Number of months/years using the QS1 system: 3 to 4 years
• Number of renewal authorizations managed per day by pharmacy: 40
• Time spent on NewRx before/after pharmacy connectivity: 5 minutes per prescription/1.5 minutes per prescription
• Time spent on renewal requests before/after implementing e-prescribing: 2 minutes/30 seconds to 1 minute

"Being a beta site we expected things to go slow at first, but once fully operational that everything would work and provide opportunities. We expected it to work well and it has." - Dave Feeney, R. Ph.

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Jason Kasiar, R. Ph., Owner
Beck's Drugs
Eldorado, IL

• Total number of employees: 20
• Number of new prescriptions processed per day in the pharmacy: 400
• Number of months/years using the HCC system: 1 year
• Number of renewal authorizations managed per day by pharmacy: 100 - 125
• Time spent on new prescriptions before/after implementing e-prescribing: 5 minutes per prescription/1.5 minutes per prescription
• Time saved on renewal requests daily: 1 hour

"There is no question that e-prescribing is worth the money. If you think it's an investment you can't make because you are in a rural area and you won't benefit from it, that is not the case. You don't have to be in a metropolitan area to e-prescribe. Our pharmacy is located in a rural town with a population of about 4,000 and we have clearly seen a number of benefits to e-prescribing." - Jason Kasiar, R. Ph., Owner

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Pamela Bruce, R. Ph.
Rosauers Pharmacy
Idaho

• Total number of employees: 9
• Number of new prescriptions processed per day in the pharmacy: 200 - 350
• Number of months using the HBS system: 6 years
• Number of renewal authorizations managed per day by pharmacy: 150 - 200
• Time spent on renewal requests before/after implementing e-prescribing: 4 hours before, 2 hours after.

"E-prescribing has absolutely impacted the accuracy and safety of the prescribing process. It has definitely reduced errors by eliminating illegible handwriting. The time-savings and efficiencies are huge." - Pamela Bruce, R. Ph.

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Jim Jernegan, R. Ph.
Medicap Pharmacy
New London, WS

• Total number of employees: 21 full- and part-time
• Number of new prescriptions processed per day in the pharmacy: 200
• Number of years using the PDX system: 10 years
• Number of renewal authorizations managed per day by pharmacy: 300
• Time spent filling new prescriptions: cut in half since instituting e-prescribing in 2008.

"I wanted to better serve our customers by not only saving them time with the prescription-filling process, but also ensuring more safety and security throughout the process. We have achieved all of that, and then some, through e-prescribing, and I believe those benefits are evident every day, both to our customers and to our staff." - Jim Jernegan, R. Ph.

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