Quest Diagnostics Joins National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI)

One more good reason to sign up for free e-prescribing...we have a permanent link on this site to get started. With the Quest interlink when it becomes available, you will also be able to check on patient labs..chances are you may be using Quest for patient labs, so NEPSI looks to be the perfect complimentary companion...again...no charge for this...only time and the small learning curve...BD

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services and a leading developer of healthcare IT solutions that foster better patient care, and Allscripts , the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Quest Diagnostics has joined the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative(TM) (NEPSI(TM)), a joint project of dedicated organizations that each play a unique role in resolving the current crisis in preventable medication errors.

Additionally, both companies announced that physician users of eRx NOW(TM), the web-based NEPSI electronic prescribing application provided free of charge by Allscripts, will now have access to electronic laboratory orders and results capabilities from Quest Diagnostics at no charge. The collaboration between Quest Diagnostics and Allscripts adds significant new capabilities to the NEPSI solution. Quest Diagnostics will provide physician users of eRx NOW with access to the electronic laboratory order and results module within its Care360 Physician Portal at no charge.

Now, in addition to ePrescribing, through a single sign-on, eRx NOW subscribers will be able to see how many lab results are pending and will be able to click through to the Care360 Physician Portal to order lab tests and view, flow, and graph laboratory results, as well as run analyses on their patient population. This integrated access is expected to be available later this year.