• Dave Feeney, R.Ph (Oxnard Pharmacy, Warwick, RI)
• Jason Kasiar, R.Ph, owner (Beck's Drugs, Eldorado, IL)
• Pamela Bruce, R.Ph.(Rosauers Pharmacy, Idaho)

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 refi ll requests before/after pharmacy connectivity: 2 minutes/30 seconds to 1 minute
• Quote: "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."

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 NewRx before/after pharmacy connectivity: 4 - 5 minutes per prescription/1 minute per prescription
• Time saved on refill requests daily: 1 hour
• Quote: "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."

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
• Number of renewal authorizations managed per day by pharmacy: 150 - 20
• Time spent on renewal requests before/after implementing e-prescribing: 4 hours before, 2 hours after
• Quote: "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."