Ppt software overview
- 1. Software Overview and Demonstration
- 2. 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 Buscher Vice President, Sales
- 3. One Doctor. One Patient. One Complete Way To Provide Better Care 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.
- 4. 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
- 5. The Prescription Label Bottle Label Physician Portion Chart Label Patient Counseling Form Medication/Lot Number Patient Portion Patient Information Duplicate Receipts Patient Information Sheet Patient Portion
- 6. The MEDeRx Advantage TM 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
- 7. MEDeRx Program Features TM 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.
- 9. MEDeRx Program Training TM 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
- 10. MEDeRx - A Common Sense Solution TM 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).
Editor's Notes
- #7: Comprehensive Training and Education Programs tailored by location Personnel trained to dispense, present and sell to patient Continual management of this process Nations provides centralized purchasing system and inventory order system by location, reconciles orders with product invoice. Prepares payment Nations provides in house pharmacist to set up formularies by office. Min max order points preset for purchase control. Account Execs to perform periodic cycle inventory audits for further inventory control Perpetual monitoring and fine tuning utilization skills by location, managing slow moving formularies for profit maximization
- #9: Inform patients of this new service. Launch a marketing campaign using letters, newsletters, office signage and pamphlets to announce it.
- #10: Comprehensive Training and Education Programs tailored by location Personnel trained to dispense, present and sell to patient Continual management of this process Nations provides centralized purchasing system and inventory order system by location, reconciles orders with product invoice. Prepares payment Nations provides in house pharmacist to set up formularies by office. Min max order points preset for purchase control. Account Execs to perform periodic cycle inventory audits for further inventory control Perpetual monitoring and fine tuning utilization skills by location, managing slow moving formularies for profit maximization
- #11: Physicians are oftentimes blind to the hidden costs of prescription writing. Phoning or faxing prescriptions to the pharmacist, call-backs for nonformulary drugs, inquiries because of illegible handwriting and mandated prior authorization for refills are great time wasters.